Judges 13 : 1 (MKJV)
And the sons of Israel did evil again in the sight of Jehovah. And Jehovah delivered them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.
Judges 13 : 2 (MKJV)
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
Judges 13 : 3 (MKJV)
And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman and said to her, Behold now, you are barren and do not bear. But you shall conceive and bear a son.
Judges 13 : 4 (MKJV)
And now, please take heed, and do not drink wine nor strong drink, and do not eat any unclean thing.
Judges 13 : 5 (MKJV)
For lo, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head. For the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb. And he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
Judges 13 : 6 (MKJV)
And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and His face was like the face of an Angel of God, very terrifying. But I did not ask Him where He came from, neither did He tell me His name.
Judges 13 : 7 (MKJV)
But He said to me, Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Judges 13 : 8 (MKJV)
And Manoah prayed to Jehovah and said, O, my Lord, let the Man of God, whom You sent, come again to us and teach us what we shall do to the boy that shall be born.
Judges 13 : 9 (MKJV)
And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judges 13 : 10 (MKJV)
And the woman hurried and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, Behold, the Man has appeared to me, the one who came to me the other day.
Judges 13 : 11 (MKJV)
And Manoah arose and went after his wife, and came to the Man, and said to Him, Are You the Man who spoke to the woman? And He said, I am.
Judges 13 : 12 (MKJV)
And Manoah said, Now let Your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and what shall we do to him?
Judges 13 : 13 (MKJV)
And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.
Judges 13 : 14 (MKJV)
She may not eat of all that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine nor strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing. Let her do all that I commanded her.
Judges 13 : 15 (MKJV)
And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, I pray You, let us keep You until we have made a kid ready for You.
Judges 13 : 16 (MKJV)
And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Though you keep Me, I will not eat of your bread. And if you will offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to Jehovah. For Manoah did not know that He was the Angel of Jehovah.
Judges 13 : 17 (MKJV)
And Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, What is Your name, so that when Your sayings come to pass we may do You honor?
Judges 13 : 18 (MKJV)
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, Why do you ask after My name in this way? Yea, it is Wonderful.
Judges 13 : 19 (MKJV)
And Manoah took a kid with a food offering, and offered it upon a rock to Jehovah, and did wonderfully. And Manoah and his wife looked on.
Judges 13 : 20 (MKJV)
For it happened when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, the Angel of Jehovah went up in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it and fell on their faces to the ground.
Judges 13 : 21 (MKJV)
But the Angel of Jehovah did not appear any more to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was an Angel of Jehovah.
Judges 13 : 22 (MKJV)
And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die because we have seen God.
Judges 13 : 23 (MKJV)
But his wife said to him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt offering and a food offering at our hands, neither would He have showed us all these things , nor have told us such things as these at this time.
Judges 13 : 24 (MKJV)
And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.
Judges 13 : 25 (MKJV)
And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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