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Judges 13:16

I will not eat of thy bread in the general sense of food; cf. Genesis 3:19; Gen 47:12, 1 Samuel 14:24; Psalms 136:25. Note the advance in religious ideas: in Genesis 18:8 the Angels eat the meal which Abraham provides; in ch. Judges 6:18 ff. Gideon is allowed to prepare and cook a meal, but it is consumed by fire, not by the Angel; here the very notion of a meal is repelled (cf. Tob 12:19); if anything is to be presented it must be a burnt offering, and offered to Jehovah. The clause For M. knew notetc. would come more suitably at the end of Judges 13:15.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Judges 13:16. _I WILL NOT EAT OF THY BREAD_] As I am a spiritual being, I subsist not by earthly food. _AND IF THOU WILT OFFER A BURNT-OFFERING_] Neither shall I receive that homage which belon...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    6. SIXTH DECLENSION: UNDER THE PHILISTINES AND SAMSON CHAPTER 13 _ 1. Israel delivered to the Philistines (Judges 13:1)_ 2. Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:2) 3. Samson born (Judges 13:24) The sixt...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    AND IF THOU WILT OFFER A BURNT-OFFERING, THOU MUST OFFER IT UNTO THE LORD— Manoah, as we observed, supposing this divine personage to be a prophet, was desirous to entertain him in a hospitable manner...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

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  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The last words give the reason for Judges 6:15....

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

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  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THOU MUST OFFER IT UNTO THE LORD. — Rather, _a burnt offering unto the Lord thou mayest offer it._ (Comp. Judges 6:20.) Angels invariably discourage and reprove that “worship of angels” (Colossians 2:...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וַ יֹּאמֶר֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהוָ֜ה אֶל ־מָנֹ֗וחַ א

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD Judges 13:1 IN our ignorance not in our knowledge, in our blindness not in our light, we call nature secular and think of the ordinary course of events as a series of cold oper...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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  • Gary Hampton Commentaries

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  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

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  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Bread is put for all sorts of food. Angels eat none, Tobias xii. 19. (Menochius)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

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  • Introductory Lectures - Commentary by William Kelly

    My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

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  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    AND THE ANGEL OF THE LORD SAID UNTO MANOAH,.... In answer to his request: THOUGH THOU DETAIN ME, I WILL NOT EAT OF THY BREAD; that is, should he be prevailed upon to stay awhile with him, until an en...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he ...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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  • KJV Original Language Details

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  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SECOND APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And the Angel of the Lord said unto Manoah, Though thou detain Me, I will not eat of thy bread, of the meal prepared for Him; AND IF THOU WILT OFFER A BURNT OFFERING, THOU MUST OFFER IT UNTO THE LORD,...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED (vv. 1-25) After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In this case...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    15-23 What Manoah asked for instruction in his duty, he was readily told; but what he asked to gratify his curiosity, was denied. God has in his word given full directions concerning our duty, but ne...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    BREAD, i.e. meat, as _bread_ is commonly taken in Scripture. UNTO THE LORD; not unto a man, as now thou apprehendest me to be; but unto the Lord, as thou wilt by and by perceive me to be....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Judges 13:16 Angel H4397 LORD H3068 said H559 (H8799) Manoah H4495 detain H6113 (H8799) eat H398 ...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘ And the Angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “Though you detain me, I will not eat of your bread, and if you will make ready a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.” For Manoah did not know that h...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Judges 13:16 I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Parents of Samson and Samson's birth. CHARACTERS: God, Angel (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Manoah. CONCLUSION: A promise is given to try our faith and a precept to try our obedience for God requir...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Judges 13:1. _Forty years._ There are no exact dates of the commencement and termination of this servitude. Therefore to harmonize it with the four hundred and eighty years from the going out of Egypt...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Manoah; and his wife._ THE ANGELIC APPEARANCES TO MANOAH AND HIS WIFE I. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believing....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

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  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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  • The Pulpit Commentaries

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  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

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  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Judges 13:23; Judges 6:26...

  • Wells of Living Water Commentary

    SAMSON JUDGES ISRAEL Judges 13:11 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The period of the Judges revealed times immediately following the death of Joshua. 1. THE PERIOD OF THE JUDGES, AS A WHOLE, IS SUMMED UP THUS. ...

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    Bread — That is, meat, as bread is commonly taken in scripture. To the Lord — Not unto a man, as thou apprehendest me to be; but unto the Lord, as thou wilt by and by perceive me to be....

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