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Judges 13
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The Birth of Samson

13The Israelites again did what was evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.H1121H3478H6213H7451H3254H5869H3068H3068H5414H3027H6430H705H8141 2There was a certain man of Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. His wife was barren, having borne no children.H259H376H6881H4940H1839H8034H4495H802H6135H3205 3And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Although you are barren, having borne no children, you shall conceive and bear a son.H4397H3068H7200H802H559H6135H3205H2029H3205H1121 4Now be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, or to eat anything unclean,H8104H8354H3196H7941H398H2931 5for you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor is to come on his head, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth. It is he who shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines."H2030H3205H1121H4177H5927H7218H5288H5139H430H990H2490H3467H3478H3027H6430 6Then the woman came and told her husband, "A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like that of an angel of God, most awe-inspiring; I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name;H802H935H559H376H559H376H430H935H4758H4758H4397H430H3966H3372H7592H5046H8034 7but he said to me, 'You shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy shall be a nazirite to God from birth to the day of his death.'"H559H2030H3205H1121H7941H3196H8354H398H2932H5288H5139H430H990H3117H4194 8Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, "O, LORD, I pray, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and teach us what we are to do concerning the boy who will be born."H4495H6279H3068H559H994H136H4994H376H430H7971H935H3384H6213H5288H3205 9God listened to Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.H430H8085H6963H4495H4397H430H935H802H3427H7704H4495H376 10So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "The man who came to me the other day has appeared to me."H802H4116H7323H5046H376H559H376H7200H935H3117 11Manoah got up and followed his wife, and came to the man and said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to this woman?" And he said, "I am."H4495H6965H3212H310H802H935H376H559H376H1696H802H559 12Then Manoah said, "Now when your words come true, what is to be the boy's rule of life; what is he to do?"H4495H559H1697H935H4941H5288H4639 13The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Let the woman give heed to all that I said to her.H4397H3068H559H4495H559H802H8104 14She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine. She is not to drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. She is to observe everything that I commanded her."H398H3318H1612H8354H3196H7941H398H2932H6680H8104 15Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "Allow us to detain you, and prepare a kid for you."H4495H559H4397H3068H6113H6213H1423H5795H6440 16The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "If you detain me, I will not eat your food; but if you want to prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.)H4397H3068H559H4495H6113H398H3899H518H6213H5930H5927H3068H4495H3045H4397H3068 17Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "What is your name, so that we may honor you when your words come true?"H4495H559H4397H3068H8034H1697H935H3513 18But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name? It is too wonderful."H4397H3068H559H7592H8034H6383H6383 19So Manoah took the kid with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the LORD, to him who works wonders.H4495H3947H1423H5795H4503H5927H6697H3068H6213H6381H4495H802H7200 20When the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar while Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.H3851H5927H8064H4196H4397H3068H5927H3851H4196H4495H802H7200H5307H6440H776 21The angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah realized that it was the angel of the LORD.H4397H3068H3254H7200H4495H802H4495H3045H4397H3068 22And Manoah said to his wife, "We shall surely die, for we have seen God."H4495H559H802H4191H4191H7200H430 23But his wife said to him, "If the LORD had meant to kill us, he would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering at our hands, or shown us all these things, or now announced to us such things as these."H802H559H3863H3068H2654H4191H3947H5930H4503H3027H7200H6256H8085H2063 24The woman bore a son, and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.H802H3205H1121H7121H8034H8123H5288H1431H3068H1288 25The spirit of the LORD began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.H7307H3068H2490H6470H4264H1835H6881H847


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