Judges 13:6 - Prayer Tents

Judges 13

Birth of Samson, the Last Judge

13The Israelites again did what was evil in the LORD's sight, so the LORD handed them over to the Philistines 40 years.H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H3068H5414H3027H6430H705H81412There was a certain man from Zorah, from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoah; his wife was barren and had no children.H259H376H6881H4940H1839H8034H4495H802H6135H32053The Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "It is true that you are barren and have no children, but you will conceive and give birth to a son.H4397H3068H7200H802H559H6135H3205H2029H3205H11214Now please be careful not to drink wine or other alcoholic beverages, or to eat anything unclean;H8104H8354H3196H7941H398H29315for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines."H2030H3205H1121H4177H5927H7218H5288H5139H430H990H2490H3467H3478H3027H64306Then the woman went and told her husband, "A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring Angel of God. I didn't ask Him where He came from, and He didn't tell me His name.H802H935H559H376H559H376H430H935H4758H4758H4397H430H3966H3372H7592H5046H80347He said to me, 'You will conceive and give a birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or other alcoholic beverages, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.'"H559H2030H3205H1121H7941H3196H8354H398H2932H5288H5139H430H990H3117H41948Manoah prayed to the LORD and said, "Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born."H4495H6279H3068H559H994H136H4994H376H430H7971H935H3384H6213H5288H32059God listened to Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field, and her husband Manoah was not with her.H430H8085H6963H4495H4397H430H935H802H3427H7704H4495H37610The woman ran quickly to her husband and told him, "The man who came to me today has just come back!"H802H4116H7323H5046H376H559H376H7200H935H311711So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, "Are You the man who spoke to my wife?" "I am," He said.H4495H6965H3212H310H802H935H376H559H376H1696H802H55912Then Manoah asked, "When Your words come true, what will the boy's responsibilities and mission be?"H4495H559H1697H935H4941H5288H463913The Angel of the LORD answered Manoah, "Your wife needs to do everything I told her.H4397H3068H559H4495H559H802H810414She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine or drink wine or other alcoholic beverages. And she must not eat anything unclean. Your wife must do everything I have commanded her."H398H3318H1612H8354H3196H7941H398H2932H6680H810415"Please stay here," Manoah told Him, "and we will prepare a young goat for You."H4495H559H4397H3068H6113H6213H1423H5795H644016The Angel of the LORD said to him, "If I stay, I won't eat your food. But if you want to prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the LORD.H4397H3068H559H4495H6113H398H3899H518H6213H5930H5927H3068H4495H3045H4397H306817Then Manoah said to Him, "What is Your name, so that we may honor You when Your words come true?"H4495H559H4397H3068H8034H1697H935H351318"Why do you ask My name," the Angel of the LORD asked him, "since it is wonderful."H4397H3068H559H7592H8034H6383H638319Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD, and He did a wonderful thing while Manoah and his wife were watching.H4495H3947H1423H5795H4503H5927H6697H3068H6213H6381H4495H802H720020When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the Angel of the LORD went up in its flame. When Manoah and his wife saw [this], they fell facedown on the ground.H3851H5927H8064H4196H4397H3068H5927H3851H4196H4495H802H7200H5307H6440H77621The Angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that it was the Angel of the LORD.H4397H3068H3254H7200H4495H802H4495H3045H4397H306822"We're going to die," he said to his wife, "because we have seen God!"H4495H559H802H4191H4191H7200H43023But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had intended to kill us, He wouldn't have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from us, and He would not have shown us all these things or spoken to us now like this."H802H559H3863H3068H2654H4191H3947H5930H4503H3027H7200H6256H8085H206324So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.H802H3205H1121H7121H8034H8123H5288H1431H3068H128825Then the Spirit of the LORD began to direct him in the Camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.H7307H3068H2490H6470H4264H1835H6881H847