Judges:13

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drb @Judges:13:1 @And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord : and he delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years . drb @Judges:13:2 @Now there was a certain man of Saraa , and of the race of Dan , whose name was Manue , and his wife was barren . drb @Judges:13:3 @And an angel of the Lord appeared to her , and said : Thou art barren and without children : but thou shalt conceive and bear a son . drb @Judges:13:4 @Now therefore beware and drink no wine nor strong drink , and eat not any unclean thing . drb @Judges:13:5 @Because thou shalt conceive and bear a son , and no razor shall touch his head : for he shall be a Nazarite of God , from his infancy , and from his mother 's womb , and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines . drb @Judges:13:6 @And when she was come to her husband she said to him : A man of God came to me , having the countenance of an angel , very awful . And when I asked him who he was , and whence he came , and by what name he was called , he would not tell me . drb @Judges:13:7 @But he answered thus : Behold thou shalt conceive and bear a son : beware thou drink no wine , nor strong drink , nor eat any unclean thing : for the child shall be a Nazarite of God from his infancy , from his mother 's womb until the day of his death . drb @Judges:13:8 @Then Manue prayed to the Lord , and said : I beseech thee , O Lord , that the mail of God , whom thou didst send , may come again , and teach us what we ought to do concerning the child that shall be born . drb @Judges:13:9 @And the Lord heard the prayer of Manue , and the angel of the Lord appeared again to his wife as she was sitting in the field . But Manue her husband was not with her . And when she saw the angel , drb @Judges:13:10 @She made haste and ran to her husband : and told him saying : Behold the man hath appeared to me whom I saw before . drb @Judges:13:11 @He rose up and followed his wife : and coming to the man , said to him : Art thou he that spoke to the woman ? And he answered : I am . drb @Judges:13:12 @And Manue said to him : When thy word shall come to pass , what wilt thou that the child should do ? or from what shall he keep himself ? drb @Judges:13:13 @And the angel of the Lord said to Manue : From all the things I have spoken of to thy wife , let her refrain herself : drb @Judges:13:14 @And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine , neither let her drink wine or strong drink , nor eat any unclean thing : and whatsoever I have commanded her , let her fulfil and observe . drb @Judges:13:15 @And Manue said to the angel of the Lord : I beseech thee to consent to my request , and let us dress a kid for thee drb @Judges:13:16 @And the angel answered him : If thou press me , I will not eat of thy bread : but if thou wilt offer a holocaust , offer it to the Lord . And Manue knew not it was the angel of the Lord . drb @Judges:13:17 @And he said to him : What is thy name , that , if thy word shall come to pass , we may honour thee ? drb @Judges:13:18 @And he answered him : Why askest thou my name , which is wonderful ? drb @Judges:13:19 @Then Manue took a kid of the flocks , and the libations , and put them upon a rock , offering to the Lord , who doth wonderful things : and he and his wife looked on . drb @Judges:13:20 @And when the flame from the altar went up towards heaven , the angel of the lord ascended also in the flame . And when Manue and his wife saw this , they fell flat on the ground . drb @Judges:13:21 @And the angel of the Lord appeared to them no more . And forthwith Manue understood that it was an angel of the Lord , drb @Judges:13:22 @And he said to his wife : We shall certainly die , because we have seen God . drb @Judges:13:23 @And his wife answered him : If the Lord had a mind to kill us , he would not have received a holocaust and libations at our hands , neither would he have shewed us all these things , nor have told us the things that are to come . drb @Judges:13:24 @And she bore a son , and called his name Samson . And the child grew , and the Lord blessed him . drb @Judges:13:25 @And the spirit of the Lord began to be with him in the camp of Dan , between Saraa and Esthaol .

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