Judges 13:1-15
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13Then the sons of Israel aagain did what was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, so that Yahweh gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2And there was a certain man of aZorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children. 3aThen the angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you 1shall be with child and give birth to a son. 4“So now, be careful anot to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. 5“aFor behold, you 1shall be with child and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a bNazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” 6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, “aA 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. 7“And he said to me, ‘Behold, you 1shall be with child and give birth to a son, so now you shall not drink wine or strong drink, and you shall not 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 Yahweh and said, “O Lord, please let athe man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may instruct us what to do for the boy who is to be born.” 9And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and athe 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 husband, and she said to him, “Behold, athe man who came the other day to me has appeared to me.” 11Then Manoah arose and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, “Are you athe man who spoke to the woman?” And he said, “I am.” 12So Manoah said, “Now your words will come to pass. What shall be the judgment governing the boy and his work?” 13So athe angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, “bLet the woman be careful in all that I said. 14“She should not eat anything that comes from the avine, nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her keep all that I commanded.”
15Then Manoah said to athe angel of Yahweh, “Please let us delay you so that we may prepare a young goat for you.”