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Judges 13
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The Birth of Samson

13The Israelites sinned against the LORD again, and he let the Philistines rule them for forty years.H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H3068H5414H3027H6430H705H8141
2At that time there was a man named Manoah from the town of Zorah. He was a member of the tribe of Dan. His wife had never been able to have children.H259H376H6881H4940H1839H8034H4495H802H6135H3205
3The LORD's angel appeared to her and said, "You have never been able to have children, but you will soon be pregnant and have a son.H4397H3068H7200H802H559H6135H3205H2029H3205H1121
4Be sure not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food;H8104H8354H3196H7941H398H2931
5and after your son is born, you must never cut his hair, because from the day of his birth he will be dedicated to God as a nazirite. He will begin the work of rescuing Israel from the Philistines."H2030H3205H1121H4177H5927H7218H5288H5139H430H990H2490H3467H3478H3027H6430
6Then the woman went and told her husband, "A man of God has come to me, and he looked as frightening as the angel of God. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't tell me his name.H802H935H559H376H559H376H430H935H4758H4758H4397H430H3966H3372H7592H5046H8034
7But he did tell me that I would become pregnant and have a son. He told me not to drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food, because the boy is to be dedicated to God as a nazirite as long as he lives."H559H2030H3205H1121H7941H3196H8354H398H2932H5288H5139H430H990H3117H4194
8Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, "Please, LORD, let the man of God that you sent come back to us and tell us what we must do with the boy when he is born."H4495H6279H3068H559H994H136H4994H376H430H7971H935H3384H6213H5288H3205
9God did what Manoah asked, and his angel came back to the woman while she was sitting in the field. Her husband Manoah was not with her,H430H8085H6963H4495H4397H430H935H802H3427H7704H4495H376
10so she ran at once and told him, "Look! The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me again."H802H4116H7323H5046H376H559H376H7200H935H3117
11Manoah got up and followed his wife. He went to the man and asked, "Are you the man who talked to my wife?" "Yes," he answered.H4495H6965H3212H310H802H935H376H559H376H1696H802H559
12Then Manoah said, "Now then, when your words come true, what must the boy do? What kind of a life must he lead?"H4495H559H1697H935H4941H5288H4639
13The LORD's angel answered, "Your wife must be sure to do everything that I have told her.H4397H3068H559H4495H559H802H8104
14She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her."H398H3318H1612H8354H3196H7941H398H2932H6680H8104
15Not knowing that it was the LORD's angel, Manoah said to him, "Please do not go yet. Let us cook a young goat for you."H4495H559H4397H3068H6113H6213H1423H5795H6440
16But the angel said, "If I do stay, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare it, burn it as an offering to the LORD."H4397H3068H559H4495H6113H398H3899H518H6213H5930H5927H3068H4495H3045H4397H3068
17Manoah replied, "Tell us your name, so that we can honor you when your words come true."H4495H559H4397H3068H8034H1697H935H3513
18The angel asked, "Why do you want to know my name? It is a name of wonder."H4397H3068H559H7592H8034H6383H6383
19So Manoah took a young goat and some grain, and offered them on the rock altar to the LORD who works wonders.H4495H3947H1423H5795H4503H5927H6697H3068H6213H6381H4495H802H7200
20While the flames were going up from the altar, Manoah and his wife saw the LORD's angel go up toward heaven in the flames.H3851H5927H8064H4196H4397H3068H5927H3851H4196H4495H802H7200H5307H6440H776
21Manoah realized then that the man had been the LORD's angel, and he and his wife threw themselves face downward on the ground. They never saw the angel again.H4397H3068H3254H7200H4495H802H4495H3045H4397H3068
22Manoah said to his wife, "We are sure to die, because we have seen God!"H4495H559H802H4191H4191H7200H430
23But his wife answered, "If the LORD had wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our offerings; he would not have shown us all this or told us such things at this time."H802H559H3863H3068H2654H4191H3947H5930H4503H3027H7200H6256H8085H2063
24The woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The child grew and the LORD blessed him.H802H3205H1121H7121H8034H8123H5288H1431H3068H1288
25And the LORD's power began to strengthen him while he was between Zorah and Eshtaol in the Camp of Dan.H7307H3068H2490H6470H4264H1835H6881H847


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