12. Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, how should the child be raised and what should he do?”
13. The Lord’s messenger told Manoah, “Your wife should pay attention to everything I told her.
14. She should not drink anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”
15. Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Please stay here awhile, so we can prepare a young goat for you to eat.”
16. The Lord’s messenger said to Manoah, “If I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to make a burnt sacrifice to the Lord, you should offer it.” (He said this because Manoah did not know that he was the Lord’s messenger.)
17. Manoah said to the Lord’s messenger, “Tell us your name, so we can honor you when your announcement comes true.”
18. The Lord’s messenger said to him, “You should not ask me my name, because you cannot comprehend it.”
19. Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the Lord. The Lord’s messenger did an amazing thing as Manoah and his wife watched.