Judges 13:1-15

1Now the sons of Israel 1again did evil in the sight of the Lord, so that the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

2There was a certain man of 2Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. 33Then the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son. 4Now therefore, be careful 4not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. 55For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a 6Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.” 6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “7A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name. 7But he said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

8Then Manoah entreated the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let 8the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born.” 9God listened to the voice of Manoah; and 9the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her. 10So the woman ran quickly and told her 10husband, “Behold, 11the man who 12came the other day has appeared to me.” 11Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, “Are you 13the man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “I am.” 12Manoah said, “Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy’s mode of life and his vocation?” 13So 14the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “15Let the woman pay attention 16to all that I said. 14She should not eat anything that comes from the 17vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded.”

15Then Manoah said to 18the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”