King James Version (KJV)
Judges 13:20
“For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.”
Verse in context — Judges 13
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on.
For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on [it], and fell on their faces to the ground.
But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
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A cycle of sin, oppression, repentance, and deliverance in Israel’s early history.
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