Judges 13
Reading Judges chapter 13 in the Darby Bible, public-domain text from 1890.
Verses 1–10
1 And the children of Israel again did evil in the sight of Jehovah; and Jehovah gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 And there was a certain man of Zoreah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. And his wife was barren and did not bear.
3 And the Angel of Jehovah appeared to the woman, and said to her, Behold now, thou art barren and bearest not; but thou shalt conceive and bear a son.
4 And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
5 For lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head; for the boy shall be a Nazarite ofGod from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
6 And the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man ofGod came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of an angel ofGod, very terrible; but I did not ask him whence he was, neither did he tell me his name.
7 And he said to me, Behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son; and now drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not anything unclean; for the boy shall be a Nazarite ofGod from the womb to the day of his death.
8 Then Manoah prayed to Jehovah, and said, Ah Lord! let the man ofGod which thou didst send come again unto us, I pray thee, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
9 AndGod hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the Angel ofGod came again to the woman whilst she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her.
10 Then the woman hasted and ran, and informed her husband, and said to him, Behold, the man has appeared to me, that came to me that day.
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