Rashi on TanakhJudges 13

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Read Judges 13 in the Bible

Judges 13:4

Freshly pressed or intoxicating wine Freshly pressed or aged wine.1This is Targum Yonasan’s translation.

Judges 13:5

The razor [lit. flinger]. The razor, as it flings off and casts away the hair.

Judges 13:7

Do not consume anything ritually defiled. Anything prohibited to the Nazirite.2Sotah, 9:b. This includes grape extract, in addition to wine. (Rashi, there).

Judges 13:8

With the boy who will be [lit. who was] born. Who is destined to be born.

Judges 13:11

Behind his wife. Following her advice.

Judges 13:12

What regulations must we follow with the boy? How shall we treat him? What should appropriately be done with the boy, what must we do with him?3Targum Yonasan. The question was not what must the boy do, but what must we do with him.

Judges 13:15

Allow us to detain you as our house guest.

Judges 13:17

When your instructions reach us. If we are contacted with instructions to fulfill a mission for you, and we know and recognize your name,
We shall honor you by fulfilling the mission.

Judges 13:18

When it is mystical. It is concealed. It changes constantly,4According to the angel’s mission at that particular time. Cf. Rashi to Bereishis, 32:30. so that its identity remains unknown on any given day.

Judges 13:23

At this time [lit. at the time]. At this time.
He would not have apprised us in this way. He would not have apprised us of these tidings5Concerning the birth of a son. if we deserved to die.

Judges 13:25

Pulsating within him. Visiting him intermittently.

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