Judg 13:7 | NETfull | 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. ^{▼▼ 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. ^{▼▼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 ^{▼▼ Traditionally “a Nazirite.”} to God from birth till the day he dies.’”