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The seventh cycle, through Samson
13:1—16:31
Judg. 13
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13:1
Then the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Jehovah, and Jehovah
adelivered them into the hand of the
bPhilistines cforty years.
Judg. 13
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13:2
And there was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren and had borne
ano children.
Judg. 13
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13:3
And the
1aAngel of Jehovah
2appeared to the woman and said to her, Now you are barren and have borne no i>children; but you will conceive and bear a son.
Judg. 13
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13:4
And now be careful not to drink
awine or strong drink nor to eat anything unclean;
Judg. 13
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13:5
For you shall conceive and bear a son. And
ano razor shall come upon his head, for the boy will be a
1Nazarite to God from the womb; and he will begin to
bsave Israel from the hand of the
cPhilistines.
Judg. 13
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13:6
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A
1aman of God came to me; and His appearance was like the appearance of an angel of God, very awesome. And I did not ask Him where He was from, nor did He tell me His name;
Judg. 13
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13:7
But He said to me, You shall conceive and bear a son. And now do not drink wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean; for the boy will be a Nazarite to God from the womb until the day of his death.
Judg. 13
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13:8
Then Manoah entreated Jehovah and said, Oh, my Lord! Let the man of God, whom You sent, come again to us, I pray; and let Him teach us what we should do with the boy that is to be born.
Judg. 13
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13:9
And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel of God came again to the woman while she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.
Judg. 13
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13:10
And the woman hurried and ran off; and she told her husband and said to him, The man who came to me that day has just appeared to me.
Judg. 13
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13:11
And Manoah rose up and followed his wife and came to the man. And he said to Him, Are You the man who spoke to this woman? And He said, I am.
Judg. 13
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13:12
And Manoah said, Now when Your words come to pass, what rule shall the boy follow, and what shall he do?
Judg. 13
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13:13
And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, Observe all that I spoke to this woman.
Judg. 13
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13:14
She is not to eat of anything that comes forth from the grapevine, nor is she to drink wine or strong drink, nor is she to eat anything unclean; she shall observe all that I commanded her.
Judg. 13
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13:15
aAnd Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, Let us detain You, we pray, that we may prepare a kid for You.
Judg. 13
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13:16
And the Angel of Jehovah said to Manoah, If you detain Me, I will not eat your food; but if you prepare a burnt offering, offer it up to Jehovah. For Manoah did not know that He was the Angel of Jehovah.
Judg. 13
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13:17
Then Manoah said to the Angel of Jehovah, What is Your name, so that when Your words come to pass, we may honor You?
Judg. 13
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13:18
And the Angel of Jehovah said to him,
aWhy do you ask about My name, since it is
1bwonderful?
Judg. 13
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13:19
And Manoah took the kid with the meal offering and offered
it up upon the rock to Jehovah; and He acted wondrously, while Manoah and his wife looked on.
Judg. 13
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13:20
And when the flame went up from the altar to heaven, the Angel of Jehovah went up in the flame of the altar, while Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground.
Judg. 13
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13:21
And the Angel of Jehovah did not appear again to Manoah and his wife. Then Manoah knew that He was the Angel of Jehovah.
Judg. 13
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13:22
And Manoah said to his wife,
aWe will surely die, for we have seen God.
Judg. 13
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13:23
But his wife said to him, If Jehovah had been pleased to kill us, He would not have taken a burnt offering and a meal offering from our hand, nor would He have shown us all these things or let us hear
a thing like this at this time.
Judg. 13
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13:24
And the woman bore a son, and she called his name
aSamson. And the boy
bgrew up, and Jehovah blessed him.
Judg. 13
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13:25
And the
aSpirit of Jehovah began to move him at
1Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.
