Judges:13

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* And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah , and Jehovah gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years . * And there was a certain man of Zorah , of the family of the Danites , and his name was Manoah . And his wife was barren , and had not borne . * And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman , and said to her , Behold now , you are barren and have not borne . But you shall conceive and bear a son . * And now take heed , and please do not drink wine or fermented drink ; and do not eat any unclean thing . * For , behold , you are pregnant and bearing a son . And a razor shall not go on his head , for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb . And he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines . * And the woman came and spoke to her husband , saying , A Man of God has come to me , and His appearance was like the appearance of the Angel of God , very terrifying . And I did not ask Him where He was from , and He did not tell me His name . * And He said to me , Behold , you are pregnant and will bear a son . And now do not drink wine or fermented drink , and do not eat any unclean thing , for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb , until the day of his death . * Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah , and said , O my Lord , the Man of God whom You sent , please let Him come again to us and direct us what we shall do to the boy being born . * And God listened to the voice of Manoah , and the Angel of God came again to the woman . And she was sitting in a field ; and her husband Manoah was not with her . * And the woman hurried and ran , and told her husband , and said to him , Behold , He has appeared to me , the Man who came to me that day . * And Manoah rose up and went after his wife , and came to the Man . And he said to Him , Are You the Man who spoke to the woman ? And He said , I am . * And Manoah said , Then let Your words come about . What shall be the way of the boy , and his undertaking ? * And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah , Let her take heed of all that I said to the woman ; * she shall not eat of anything that came forth from the grapevine ; and she shall not drink wine or fermented drink ; and she shall not eat any unclean thing . She shall be careful of all that I commanded her . * And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah , Please let us keep You , and prepare before You a kid of the goats . * And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah , If you keep Me , I will not eat of your bread . And if you prepare a burnt offering , you shall offer it to Jehovah . For Manoah did not know that He was the Angel of Jehovah . * And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah , What is Your name ? When Your words come about , then we shall honor You . * And the Angel of Jehovah said to him , Why do you ask this about My name ? Yea , it is Wonderful . * And Manoah took the kid of the goats , and the food offering , and offered on the rock to Jehovah . And He did wonderfully , and Manoah and his wife were watching . * And it happened as the flame from off the altar was going up to the heavens , that the Angel of Jehovah went up in the flame of the altar . And Manoah and his wife were watching . And they fell on their faces to the ground . * And the Angel of Jehovah did not appear any more to Manoah , or to his wife . Then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of Jehovah . * And Manoah said to his wife , We shall surely die , because we have seen God . * And his wife said to him , If Jehovah desired to put us to death , He would not have received a burnt offering and a food offering from our hands , nor declared to us all these things ; nor would He at this time have caused us to hear such things as these . * And the woman bore a son , and called his name Samson . And the youth grew , and Jehovah blessed him . * And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol .

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