“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. 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. 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. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink
not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]: 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. 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: 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.”
“8 Then Manoah intreated 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. 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. 10 And the woman
made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold,
the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the [other] day. 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]. 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we
order the child, and [how] shall we do unto him? 13 And the angel of the
LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
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.”
“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. 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. 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? 18 And
the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name,
seeing it [is] secret? 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and
offered [it] upon a rock unto the LORD: and [the angel] did wondrously;
and Manoah and his wife looked on. 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. 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. 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We
shall surely die, because we have seen God. 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
shewed us all these [things], nor would as at this time have told us
[such things] as these.”
“24 And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the
child grew, and the LORD blessed him. 25 And the Spirit of the LORD
began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and
Eshtaol.” (Judges 13:1-25 AV)
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