Judges 13:7

וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הִנָּךְ הָרָה וְיֹלַדְתְּ בֵּן וְעַתָּה אַל ־ תִּשְׁתִּי ׀ יַיִן וְשֵׁכָר וְאַל ־ תֹּֽאכְלִי כָּל ־ טֻמְאָה כִּֽי ־ נְזִיר אֱלֹהִים יִהְיֶה הַנַּעַר מִן ־ הַבֶּטֶן עַד ־ יוֹם מוֹתֽוֹ ׃ פ

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

In Context

6וַתָּבֹא הָאִשָּׁה וַתֹּאמֶר לְאִישָׁהּ לֵאמֹר אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים בָּא אֵלַי וּמַרְאֵהוּ כְּמַרְאֵה מַלְאַךְ הָאֱלֹהִים נוֹרָא מְאֹד וְלֹא שְׁאִלְתִּיהוּ אֵֽי ־ מִזֶּה הוּא וְאֶת ־ שְׁמוֹ לֹֽא ־ הִגִּיד לִֽי ׃

8וַיֶּעְתַּר מָנוֹחַ אֶל ־ יְהוָה וַיֹּאמַר בִּי אֲדוֹנָי אִישׁ הָאֱלֹהִים אֲשֶׁר שָׁלַחְתָּ יָבוֹא ־ נָא עוֹד אֵלֵינוּ וְיוֹרֵנוּ מַֽה ־ נַּעֲשֶׂה לַנַּעַר הַיּוּלָּֽד ׃

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Cross References

Amos 2:11וָאָקִים מִבְּנֵיכֶם לִנְבִיאִים וּמִבַּחוּרֵיכֶם לִנְזִרִים הַאַף אֵֽין ־ זֹאת בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל נְאֻם ־ יְהוָֽה ׃

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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