Shìshījì 13:8

8 Mǎ Nuóyà jiù qíqiú Yēhéhuá shuō , Zhǔ a , qiú nǐ zaì chāiqiǎn nà shén rén dào wǒmen zhèlǐ lái , hǎo zhǐjiào wǒmen zĕnyàng dāi zhè jiāngyào shēng de háizi .

Shìshījì 13:8 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 13:8

Then Manoah entreated the Lord
Josephus ^F12 makes the woman to entreat the Lord; but the text is clear for it that it was Manoah that prayed:

and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send unto us;
he believed that the man that came to his wife was a man of God, and that he was of his sending; nor was he incredulous of the message he brought, as appears by what follows:

and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born;
he believed there would be a child born, and he knew what was to be done to a Nazarite in common, according to the law of God respecting such, and the angel had mentioned somewhat to the woman; yet this being an extraordinary case, a Nazarite from his birth to his death, he was desirous of knowing what was further to be done; or if there was any thing more special and particular to be observed concerning him; which showed his readiness and cheerfulness to obey the will of God in all things.

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FOOTNOTES:

F12 Ut supra, (Antiqu. l. 5. c. 8.) sect. 3.

Shìshījì 13:8 In-Context

6 Fùrén jiù huí qù duì zhàngfu shuō , yǒu yī gè shén rén dào wǒ miànqián lái , tāde xiàngmào rú shén shǐzhĕ de xiàngmào , shén shì kĕ wèi . wǒ méiyǒu wèn tā cóng nǎli lái , tā yĕ méiyǒu jiāng tāde míng gàosu wǒ ,

7 Què duì wǒ shuō , nǐ yào huáiyùn shēng yī gè érzi , suǒyǐ qīng jiǔ nóng jiǔ dōu bùkĕ hē , yīqiè bù jié zhī wù yĕ bùkĕ chī . yīnwei zhè háizi cóng chū tāi yīzhí dào sǐ , bì guī shén zuò ná xì ĕr rén .

8 Mǎ Nuóyà jiù qíqiú Yēhéhuá shuō , Zhǔ a , qiú nǐ zaì chāiqiǎn nà shén rén dào wǒmen zhèlǐ lái , hǎo zhǐjiào wǒmen zĕnyàng dāi zhè jiāngyào shēng de háizi .

9 Shén yīngyún mǎ Nuóyà de huà . fùrén zhēng zuò zaì tiánjiān de shíhou , shén de shǐzhĕ yòu dào Tānàli , tā zhàngfu mǎ Nuóyà què méiyǒu tóng tā zaì yī chù .

10 Fùrén jímáng paó qù gàosu zhàngfu shuō , nà rì dào wǒ miànqián lái de rén , yòu xiàng wǒ xiǎnxiàn .