Judges 13:2-20

2There was a certain man of aZorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. bAnd his wife was barren and had no children. 3 cAnd the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. 4Therefore be careful dand drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, 5for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. eNo razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be fa Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall gbegin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” 6Then the woman came and told her husband, h“A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. iI did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name, 7but he said to me, j‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”

8Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let the man of God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the child who will be born.” 9And God listened to the voice of Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field. But Manoah her husband was not with her. 10So the woman ran quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has appeared to me.” 11And Manoah arose and went after his wife and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to this woman?” And he said, “I am.” 12And Manoah said, “Now when your words come true, kwhat is to be the child’s manner of life, and what is his mission?” 13And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the woman let her be careful. 14She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine, lneither let her drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.”

15Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and mprepare a young goat for you.” 16And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was the angel of the Lord.) 17And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, n“What is your name, so that, when your words come true, we may honor you?” 18And the angel of the Lord said to him, o“Why do you ask my name, seeing pit is wonderful?” 19So qManoah took the young goat with the grain offering, and offered it on the rock to the Lord, to the one who works
Septuagint, Vulgate; Hebrew  Lord, and working
wonders, and Manoah and his wife were watching.
20And when the flame went up toward heaven from the altar, the angel of the Lord went up in the flame of the altar. Now Manoah and his wife were watching, sand they fell on their faces to the ground.

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