Judges 13
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New American Standard Bible 1995

Judges 13:4-14

4Now therefore, be careful 1not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. 52For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a 3Nazirite 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, “4A 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 5the 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 6the 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 7husband, “Behold, 8the man who 9came 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 10the 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 11the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “12Let the woman pay attention 13to all that I said. 14She should not eat anything that comes from the 14vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Judges 13:4 Num 6:2, 3; Luke 1:15 ↩
  2. 2. Judges 13:5 Luke 1:15 ↩
  3. 3. Judges 13:5 Num 6:2-5 ↩
  4. 4. Judges 13:6 Judg 6:11; 13:8, 10, 11 ↩
  5. 5. Judges 13:8 Judg 13:3, 7 ↩
  6. 6. Judges 13:9 Judg 13:8 ↩
  7. 7. Judges 13:10 Lit husband, and said to him ↩
  8. 8. Judges 13:10 Judg 13:9 ↩
  9. 9. Judges 13:10 Lit came to me ↩
  10. 10. Judges 13:11 Judg 13:8 ↩
  11. 11. Judges 13:13 Judg 13:11 ↩
  12. 12. Judges 13:13 Judg 13:4 ↩
  13. 13. Judges 13:13 Lit from ↩
  14. 14. Judges 13:14 Num 6:4 ↩

Commentaries on Judges 13

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