8 Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said , "O Lord , please e let the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born ." 9 God listened to the voice of Manoah ; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field , but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband , "Behold , the man who came the other day has appeared to me." 11 Then Manoah arose and followed e his wife , and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to the woman ?" And he said , "I am." 12 Manoah said , "Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation ?" 13 So the angel of the Lord said to Manoah , " Let the woman pay attention to all that I said . 14 "She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink , nor eat any unclean thing ; let her observe all that I commanded ."
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Judges 13:8-14
Commentary on Judges 13:8-14
(Read Judges 13:8-14)
Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, as Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and desirous to know the duty to be done by them, than to know the events concerning them: duty is ours, events are God's. God will guide those by his counsel, who desire to know their duty, and apply to him to teach them. Pious parents, especially, will beg Divine assistance. The angel repeats the directions he had before given. There is need of much care for the right ordering both of ourselves and our children, that we may be duly separate from the world, and living sacrifices to the Lord.