Judges 13 :: American Standard Version (ASV)

Philistines Oppress Again

(cf. Num 6:1–21 )

Jdg 13:1And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.

Jdg 13:2

Jdg 13:2And 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.

Jdg 13:3

Jdg 13:3And the angel of Jehovah appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.

Jdg 13:4

Jdg 13:4Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:

Jdg 13:5

Jdg 13:5for, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Jdg 13:6

Jdg 13:6Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:

Jdg 13:7

Jdg 13:7but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

Jdg 13:8

Jdg 13:8Then Manoah entreated Jehovah, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray thee, let the man of God whom thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

Jdg 13:9

Jdg 13:9And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.

Jdg 13:10

Jdg 13:10And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.

Jdg 13:11

Jdg 13:11And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am.

Jdg 13:12

Jdg 13:12And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass: what shall be the ordering of the child, and how shall we do unto him?

Jdg 13:13

Jdg 13:13And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.

Jdg 13:14

Jdg 13:14She may not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.

Jdg 13:15

Jdg 13:15And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

Jdg 13:16

Jdg 13:16And the angel of Jehovah said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto Jehovah. For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of Jehovah.

Jdg 13:17

Jdg 13:17And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah, What is thy name, that, when thy words come to pass, we may do thee honor?

Jdg 13:18

Jdg 13:18And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

Jdg 13:19

Jdg 13:19So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto Jehovah: and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.

Jdg 13:20

Jdg 13:20For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of Jehovah ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.

Jdg 13:21

Jdg 13:21But the angel of Jehovah did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Jehovah.

Jdg 13:22

Jdg 13:22And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

Jdg 13:23

Jdg 13:23But his wife said unto him, If Jehovah were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

Jdg 13:24

Jdg 13:24And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and Jehovah blessed him.

Jdg 13:25

Jdg 13:25And the Spirit of Jehovah began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

Thomas Nelson & Sons first published the American Standard Version in 1901. This translation of the Bible is in the public domain.

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Philistines Oppress Again

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