Jg 13:1Then the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
Jg 13:2And there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.
Jg 13:3And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman and said to her, Now you are barren and have borne no children; but you will conceive and bear a son.
Jg 13:4And now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink nor to eat anything unclean;
Jg 13:5For you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy will be a Nazarite to God from the womb; and he will begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Jg 13:6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me; and His appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask Him where He was from, nor did He tell me His name;
Jg 13:7But He said to me, You shall conceive and bear a son. And now do not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean; for the boy will be a Nazarite to God from the womb until the day of his death.
Jg 13:8Then Manoah entreated Jehovah and said, Oh, my Lord! Let the man of God, whom You sent, come again to us, I pray; and let Him teach us what we should do with the boy that is to be born.
Jg 13:9And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman while she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Jg 13:10And the woman hurried and ran off; and she told her husband and said to him, The man who came to me that day has just appeared to me.
Jg 13:11And Manoah rose up and followed his wife and came to the man. And he said to Him, Are You the man who spoke to this woman? And He said, I am.
Jg 13:12And Manoah said, Now when Your words come to pass, what rule shall the boy follow, and what shall he do?
Jg 13:13And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Observe all that I spoke to this woman.
Jg 13:14She is not to eat of anything that comes forth from the grapevine, nor is she to drink wine or strong drink, nor is she to eat anything unclean; she shall observe all that I commanded her.
Jg 13:15And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, Let us detain You, we pray, that we may prepare a kid for You.
Jg 13:16And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, If you detain Me, I will not eat your food; but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it up to Jehovah. For Manoah did not know that He was the Angel of Jehovah.
Jg 13:17Then Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, What is Your name, so that when Your words come to pass, we may honor You?
Jg 13:18And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Why do you ask about My name, since it is wonderful?
Jg 13:19And Manoah took the kid with the meal offering and offered it up upon the rock to Jehovah; and He acted wondrously, while Manoah and his wife looked on.
Jg 13:20And when the flame went up from the altar to heaven, the Angel of Jehovah went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
Jg 13:21And the Angel of Jehovah did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of Jehovah.
Jg 13:22And Manoah said to his wife, We will surely die, for we have seen God.
Jg 13:23But his wife said to him, If Jehovah had been pleased to kill us, He would not have taken a burnt offering and a meal offering from our hand, nor would He have shown us all these things or let us hear a thing like this at this time.
Jg 13:24And the woman bore a son, and she called his name Samson. And the boy grew up, and Jehovah blessed him.
Jg 13:25And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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