Judges 13

Judges 13:1

Again the Israelites did evil in the sight of the LORD, so He delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

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delivered "This seems a partial captivity."

Judges 13:2

Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

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Judges 13:3

The 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.

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Judges 13:4

Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

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Judges 13:5

For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

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Judges 13:6

So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

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but I asked etc. The Vulgate renders this cause very differently , the negative Not being omitted . Quem cum interrogassim quis esset , et unde venisset , et quo nomine vocaretur , noluit mihi dicere; sed hoc respondit , etc; "Whom when I asked who he was , and whence he came , and by what name he was called , would not tell me , but this he said ," etc.

The negative is also wanting in the Septuagint , as it is in the Complutensian Polyglott; בי חסשפןם בץפןם נןטום וףפים , ךבי פן ןםןלב בץפןם , ןץך בנחדדויכום לןי. "And I asked him whence he was , and his name , but he did not tell me." This is also the reading of the Codex Alexandrinus; but the Septuagint in the London Polyglott , the Chaldee , Syriac , and Arabic , read the negative particle with the Hebrew Text I asked Not his name , etc.

Judges 13:7

But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

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Judges 13:8

Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, “Please, O Lord, let the man of God You sent us come to us again to teach us how to raise the boy who is to be born.”

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Judges 13:9

And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God returned to the woman as she was sitting in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

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Judges 13:10

The woman ran quickly to tell her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has reappeared!”

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the other day Byyom , rather , "in this day ," or "to-day ," for the word other is not in the original , and it is probably that the angel appeared in the morning and evening of the same day.

Judges 13:11

So 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.

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Judges 13:12

Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

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how shall we do unto him or , what shall he do , Heb. what shall be his work

Judges 13:14

She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

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Judges 13:15

“Please stay here,” Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “and we will prepare a young goat for you.”

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until Manoah , not knowing the quality of his guest , wished to do this as act of hospitality.

for thee Heb. before thee

Judges 13:16

And the angel of the LORD replied, “Even if I stay, I will not eat your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it to the LORD.” For Manoah did not know that it was the angel of the LORD.

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I will not As I am a spiritual being , I subsist not by earthly food; and cannot partake of your bounty.

Judges 13:17

Then Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, “What is your name, so that we may honor you when your word comes to pass?”

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Judges 13:18

“Why do you ask my name,” said the angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”

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Judges 13:19

Then Manoah took a young goat and a grain offering and offered them on a rock to the LORD. And as Manoah and his wife looked on, the LORD did a marvelous thing.

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Judges 13:20

When the flame went up from the altar to the sky, the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell facedown to the ground.

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Judges 13:21

And when the angel of the LORD did not appear again to Manoah and his wife, Manoah realized that it had been the angel of the LORD.

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Judges 13:22

“We are going to die,” he said to his wife, “for we have seen God!”

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Judges 13:23

But his wife replied, “If the LORD had intended to kill us, He would not have accepted the burnt offering and the grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things or spoken to us this way.”

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Judges 13:24

So the woman gave birth to a son and named him Samson. The boy grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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am 2849 , bc 1155 , An , Ex , Is , 336

Judges 13:25

And the Spirit of the LORD began to stir him at Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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