Judges 13

¹Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord

²Now there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had no children.

³And the Angel of the Lord

⁴Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

⁵For behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. And no razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.”

⁶So the woman came and told her husband, saying, “A Man of God came to me, and His countenance was like the countenance of the Angel of God, very awesome; but I did not ask Him where He was from, and He did not tell me His name.

⁷And He said to me, ‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. Now drink no wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”

⁸Then Manoah prayed to the Lord

⁹And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the Angel of God came to the woman again as she was sitting in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.

¹⁰Then the woman ran in haste and told her husband, and said to him, “Look, the Man who came to me the other day has just now appeared to me!”

¹¹So Manoah arose and followed his wife. When he came to the Man, he said to Him, “Are You the Man who spoke to this woman?” And He said, “I am.”

¹²Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”

¹³So the Angel of the Lord

¹⁴She may not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor may she drink wine or similar drink, nor eat anything unclean. All that I commanded her let her observe.”

¹⁵Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord

¹⁶And the Angel of the Lord

¹⁷Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord

¹⁸And the Angel of the Lord

¹⁹So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the Lord

²⁰it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the Lord

²¹When the Angel of the Lord

²²And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!”

²³But his wife said to him, “If the Lord

²⁴So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the Lord

²⁵And the Spirit of the Lord