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JUD-13:1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight
of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the
Philistines forty years.
JUD-13:2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of
the Danites, whose name [was] Manoah; and his wife [was] barren,
and bare not.
JUD-13:3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and
said unto her, Behold now, thou [art] barren, and bearest not:
but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
JUD-13:4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine
nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
JUD-13:5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no
razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite
unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out
of the hand of the Philistines.
JUD-13:6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man
of God came unto me, and his countenance [was] like the
countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him
not whence he [was], neither told he me his name:
JUD-13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and
bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat
any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God
from the womb to the day of his death.
JUD-13:8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord,
let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and
teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
JUD-13:9 And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel
of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but
Manoah her husband [was] not with her.
JUD-13:10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her
husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto
me, that came unto me the [other] day.
JUD-13:11 And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to
the man, and said unto him, [Art] thou the man that spakest unto
the woman? And he said, I [am].
JUD-13:12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How
shall we order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him?
JUD-13:13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all
that I said unto the woman let her beware.
JUD-13:14 She may not eat of any [thing] that cometh of the vine,
neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean
[thing]: all that I commanded her let her observe.
JUD-13:15 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray
thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid
for thee.
JUD-13:16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though
thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt
offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For
Manoah knew not that he [was] an angel of the LORD.
JUD-13:17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What [is]
thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee
honour?
JUD-13:18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest
thou thus after my name, seeing it [is] secret?
JUD-13:19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered
[it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wonderously;
and Manoah and his wife looked on.
JUD-13:20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward
heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended
in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on
[it], and fell on their faces to the ground.
JUD-13:21 But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah
and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he [was] an angel of the
LORD.
JUD-13:22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die,
because we have seen God.
JUD-13:23 But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased
to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a
meat offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all
these [things], nor would as at this time have told us [such
things] as these.
JUD-13:24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson:
and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
JUD-13:25 And the spirit of the LORD began to move him at times
in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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