Judges 13:4

And now be very cautious, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing;

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

In Context

3And an angel of the Lord appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, thou art barren and hast not born; yet thou shalt conceive a son.

5for behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and there shall come no + 13:5 Gr. iron.razor upon his head, for the child shall be a + 13:5 So Vat. i.e. Ναζίρ but Alex. nearer to reading in Mat. 2. ult. Ναζίραῖον.Nazarite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Phylistines.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:27And every one among all the wild beasts that moves upon its fore feet, which goes on all four, is unclean to you; every one that touches their dead bodies shall be unclean till evening.

Numbers 6:2Speak to the children of Israel, and thou shalt say to them, Whatsoever man or woman shall specially vow a vow to separate oneself with purity to the Lord,

Judges 13:7And he said to me, Behold, thou art with child, and shalt bring forth a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat no unclean thing; for the child shall be holy to God from the womb until the day of his death.

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:2-8

An Angel Appears to Manoah's Wife. ( b. c. 1161.) 1 And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord ; and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years. 2 And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not. 3 And the angel of the Lord appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. 4 Now therefore beware, I pray… Read the whole commentary →

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