Judges 13:3-5

3 ¹And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, "Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

4 Therefore be careful ²and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean,

5 for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. ³No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be ⁴a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall ⁵begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines."

Judges 13:3-5 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.

Cross References

• 1. Judges 6:12; Luke 1:11, 13
• 2. ver. 7, 14; [Numbers 6:2, 3; Luke 1:15]
• 3. Judges 16:17; 1 Samuel 1:11; [Numbers 6:5]
• 4. [See ver. 4 above]
• 5. [1 Samuel 7:13; 2 Samuel 8:1; 1 Chronicles 18:1]