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Judges 13:2-21

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2 There was a certain man of 1Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no children.
3 2Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.
4 "Now therefore, be careful 3not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.
5 "4For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a 5Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines."
6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, "6A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he came from, nor did he tell me his name.
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 7the 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 8the 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, 9the 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 10the 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 11the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "12Let the woman pay attention to all that I said.
14 "She should not eat anything that comes from the 13vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded."
15 Then Manoah said to 14the 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, 15I 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, "16What is your name, so that when your words come to pass, we may honor you?"
18 But the angel of the LORD said to him, "Why do you ask my name, seeing it is 17wonderful?"
19 So 18Manoah took the young * goat * with the grain offering and offered it on the rock to the LORD, and He performed wonders while Manoah and his wife looked on.
20 For it came about when the flame went up from the altar toward heaven, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. When Manoah and his wife saw this, they 19fell on their faces to the ground.
21 Now the angel of the LORD did not appear to Manoah or his wife again *. 20Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of the LORD.
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Judges 13:2-21 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

Cross References 20

Footnotes 5

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