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Manoah said to the LORD’s angel, “Please stay with us, that we may make a young goat ready for you.”
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Verse 15. Dress. Hebrew and Septuagint “let us make.” Vulg. faciamus, is used either for a common feast or for a sacrifice. Exodus 29:36. Virg. (eclog. iii.) Cras faciam vitula. Manue did not yet know who the angel was. He only designed to give him something to eat. A kid was then esteemed the most delicious food, and physicians esteem it very wholesome. The taste of people has since altered. Bochart, Anim. p. i. b. ii. 52. Calmet.
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