Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, I pray you, let us detain you, that we may make ready a kid for you.
"When the flame went up from the altar, the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar"  (Judges 13:20).  The text mentions the fact twice that Manoah and his wife "looked on"  (Judges 13:19-20), and we may be very sure that this final action of the Angel of Jehovah removed any doubts that they might have had concerning the heavenly identity of their visitor. What a wonderful day it had been for them!