1. Judges 13:12 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

What is Manoah asking when he inquires about the child’s “manner of life”?

Judges 13:12 (ESV)

12 And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, what is to be the child’s manner of life, and what is his mission?”

Manoah literally asks about the child’s rule. That is, he wants a decision about what the child’s destiny, what he is to do.1

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