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Judges 13 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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The Birth of Samson
The Birth of Samson
(cf. Num. 6:1–21 )

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:1 - Again the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the LORD, and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines for forty years.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - Now 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - And the Angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “Indeed now, you are barren and have borne no children, but you shall conceive and bear a son.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - “Now therefore, please be careful not to drink wine or similar drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - “For 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - So 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - “And 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.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah prayed to the LORD, and said, “O my Lord, please let the Man of God whom You sent come to us again and teach us what we shall do for the child who will be born.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - And 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.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - Then 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!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:11 - So 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - Manoah said, “Now let Your words come to pass! What will be the boy’s rule of life, and his work?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:13 - So the Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - “She 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.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 - Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, “Please let us detain You, and we will prepare a young goat for You.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - And the Angel of the LORD said to Manoah, “Though you detain Me, I will not eat your food. But if you offer a burnt offering, you must offer it to the LORD.” (For Manoah did not know He was the Angel of the LORD.)

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:17 - Then Manoah said to the Angel of the LORD, “What is Your name, that when Your words come to pass we may honor You?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:18 - And the Angel of the LORD said to him, “Why do you ask My name, seeing it is wonderful?”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it upon the rock to the LORD. And He did a wondrous thing while Manoah and his wife looked on—

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - it happened as the flame went up toward heaven from the altar—the Angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar! When Manoah and his wife saw this, they fell on their faces to the ground.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:21 - When the Angel of the LORD appeared no more to Manoah and his wife, then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:22 - And Manoah said to his wife, “We shall surely die, because we have seen God!”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, “If the LORD had desired to kill us, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and a grain offering from our hands, nor would He have shown us all these things, nor would He have told us such things as these at this time.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - So the woman bore a son and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:25 - And the Spirit of the LORD began to move upon him at Mahaneh Dan[fn] between Zorah and Eshtaol.
See the NKJV Preface (Especially for Parenthesis, Brackets, & Asterisks).
NKJV Footnotes
Literally Camp of Dan (compare 18:12)
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