[[Judges 12|<< Judges 12]] | [[Judges|Judges]] | [[Judges 14|Judges 14 >>]] ### Judges 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. ^1 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. ^2 3 And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou _art_ barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. ^3 4 Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean _thing:_ ^4 5 For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor shall come on his head: for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines. ^5 6 ¶ Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance _was_ like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he _was_, neither told he me his name: ^6 7 But he said unto 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 the womb to the day of his death. ^7 8 ¶ Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. ^8 9 And 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. ^9 10 And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man has appeared unto me, that came unto me the _other_ day. ^10 11 And 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_. ^11 12 And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and _how_ shall we do unto him? ^12 13 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. ^13 14 She may not eat of any _thing_ that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean _thing:_ all that I commanded her let her observe. ^14 15 ¶ And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. ^15 16 And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he _was_ an angel of the LORD. ^16 17 And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What _is_ thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honor? ^17 18 And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it _is_ secret? ^18 19 So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered _it_ upon a rock unto the LORD: and _the_ _angel_ did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. ^19 20 For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward 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. ^20 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. ^21 22 And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. ^22 23 But his wife said unto 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. ^23 24 ¶ And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. ^24 25 And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. ^25