Judges 13:1-7 ▼

1 Now the sons of Israel again did evil in the sight of the LORD, so that the LORD gave them into the hands of the Philistines forty years.

2 There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne no [children].

3 Then the angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, |Behold now, you are barren and have borne no [children], but you shall conceive and give birth to a son.

4 |Now therefore, be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing.

5 |For behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and no razor shall come upon his head, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb; and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hands of the Philistines.|

6 Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, |A man of God came to me and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask him where he [came] from, nor did he tell me his name.

7 |But he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive and give birth to a son, and now you shall not drink wine or strong drink nor eat any unclean thing, for the boy shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'|