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Judges 13:7-17

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7 "But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.' "
8 Then Manoah entreated the LORD and said, "O Lord, please * let 1the man of God whom You have sent come to us again that he may teach us what to do for the boy who is to be born."
9 God listened to the voice of Manoah; and 2the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
10 So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, "Behold, 3the man who came the other day has appeared to me."
11 Then Manoah arose and followed * his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you 4the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."
12 Manoah said, "Now when your words come to pass, what shall be the boy's mode of life and his vocation?"
13 So 5the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "6Let the woman pay attention to all that I said.
14 "She should not eat anything that comes from the 7vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded."
15 Then Manoah said to 8the angel of the LORD, "Please let us detain you so that we may prepare a young * goat * for you."
16 The angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "Though you detain me, 9I will not eat your food, but if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the LORD." For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the LORD.
17 Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, "10What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?"
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Judges 13:7-17 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JUDGES 13

This chapter relates the birth of Samson, another of the judges of Israel, which was foretold by an angel to his mother, who told her husband of it, Jud 13:1-7 upon whose entreaty the angel appeared again, and related the same to them both, Jud 13:8-14 and who was very, respectfully treated by the man, and by the wonderful things he did was known by him to be an angel of the Lord, which greatly surprised him, Jud 13:15-23 and the chapter is closed with an account of the birth of Samson, and of his being early endowed with the Spirit of God, Jud 13:24,25.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

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Footnotes 4

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