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but he told me, 'You're pregnant. You're going to give birth to a son. Don't drink any wine or beer and eat nothing ritually unclean. The boy will be God's Nazirite from the moment of birth to the day of his death.'"
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Manoah prayed to God: "Master, let the man of God you sent come to us again and teach us how to raise this boy who is to be born."
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God listened to Manoah. God's angel came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field; her husband Manoah wasn't there with her.
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She jumped to her feet and ran and told her husband: "He's back! The man who came to me that day!"
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Manoah got up and, following his wife, came to the man. He said to him, "Are you the man who spoke to my wife?" He said, "I am."
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Manoah said, "So. When what you say comes true, what do you have to tell us about this boy and his work?"
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The angel of God said to Manoah,
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"Keep in mind everything I told the woman. Eat nothing that comes from the vine: Drink no wine or beer; eat no ritually unclean foods. She's to observe everything I commanded her."
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Manoah said to the angel of God, "Please, stay with us a little longer; we'll prepare a meal for you - a young goat."
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God's angel said to Manoah, "Even if I stay, I won't eat your food. But if you want to prepare a Whole-Burnt-Offering for God, go ahead - offer it!" Manoah had no idea that he was talking to the angel of God.
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Then Manoah asked the angel of God, "What's your name? When your words come true, we'd like to honor you."