Judg 13:7 | NET2full | STEP | He said to me, ‘ Look , you will conceive and have a son . So now , do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean . For the child will be dedicated to God from birth till the day he dies .’”

‏ Judges 13:7

7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. ^{▼▼tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.} So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ^{▼▼tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”} For the child will be dedicated ^{▼▼tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”} to God from birth till the day he dies.’”