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and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name <i>was</i> Manoah; and his wife <i>was</i> barren, and bare not. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, thou <i>art</i> barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean <i>thing</i>: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance <i>was</i> like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he <i>was</i>, neither told he me his name: <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>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 <i>thing</i>: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>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 <i>was</i> not with her. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the <i>other</i> day. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, <i>Art</i> thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I <i>am</i>. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and <i>how</i> shall we do unto him? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>She may not eat of any <i>thing</i> that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean <i>thing</i>: all that I commanded her let her observe.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>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. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>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 <i>was</i> an angel of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What <i>is</i> thy name, that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it <i>is</i> secret? <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered <i>it</i> upon a rock unto the LORD: and <i>the angel</i> did wondrously; and Manoah and his wife looked on. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>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 <i>it</i>, and fell on their faces to the ground.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he <i>was</i> an angel of the LORD. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-22.htm"><b>22</b></a></span>And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-23.htm"><b>23</b></a></span>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 shewed us all these <i>things</i>, nor would as at this time have told us <i>such things</i> as these.</p> <p class="reg"><span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-24.htm"><b>24</b></a></span>And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the child grew, and the LORD blessed him. <span class="reftext"><a href="/judges/13-25.htm"><b>25</b></a></span>And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol.</p></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">King James Bible<br /><br />Text courtesy of <a href="http://www.bibleprotector.com/"> BibleProtector.com</a><br /><br />Section Headings Courtesy <a href="http://intbible.com/">INT Bible</a><br />© 2012, Used by Permission<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/">Bible Hub</a></div></div></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="../judges/12.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Judges 12"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Judges 12" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="../judges/14.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Judges 14"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Judges 14" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="rightbox"><div class="padright"><div id="pic"><iframe width="100%" height="860" scrolling="no" src="//biblescan.com/mpc/judges/13-1.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></div></div><div id="rightbox4"><div class="padright2"><div id="spons1"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td class="sp1"><iframe width="122" height="860" scrolling="no" src="../sidemenu.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="bot"><div align="center" style="background-color:#F2FAFF"><br /><br /><div align="center"><div align="center"><script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></div><br /><br /> </div><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/botmenubhnm2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe><div align="center"><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span></div></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>