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Judges 13 :: Webster's Bible (WEB)

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Philistines Oppress Again

(cf. Num 6:1–21 )
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:1 - 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:2 - And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:3 - And the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold, now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:4 - Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine, nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:5 - For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from his birth: and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of the Philistines.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:6 - Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither did he tell me his name:
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:7 - But he said to 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 his birth to the day of his death.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:8 - Then Manoah entreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God, whom thou didst send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child that shall be born.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:9 - And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:10 - And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man hath appeared to me, that came to me the other day.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:11 - And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, Art thou the man that didst speak to the woman? And he said, I am.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:12 - And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do to him?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:13 - And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Of all that I said to the woman, let her beware.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:14 - She may not eat of any thing 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.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:15 - And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:16 - And the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, Though thou shouldst detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt-offering, thou must offer it to the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:17 - And Manoah said to the angel of the LORD, What is thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass, we may do thee honor?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:18 - And the angel of the LORD said to him, why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:19 - So Manoah took a kid, with a meat-offering, and offered it upon a rock to the LORD; and the angel did wonderously, and Manoah and his wife looked on.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:20 - For it came to pass, when the flame ascended towards heaven from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces to the ground.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:21 - But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:22 - And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:23 - But his wife said to him, If the LORD were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt-offering and a meat-offering at our hands, neither would he have showed us all these things, nor would, as at this time, have told us such things as these.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:24 - And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson. And the child grew, and the LORD blessed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 13:25 - And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
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