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Judges
Chapter 13
1
And the sons of Israel {bene Yisra'el}
did
evil again in the sight of Jehovah/God
and
Jehovah/God delivered them
into
the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2
And there was a certain man of Zorah,
of
the family of the Danites,
whose
name was Manoah.
And his wife was barren, and bare not.
3
And the angel of Jehovah/God appeared unto the woman,
and
said unto her,
"Behold
now, you are barren,
and
bear not.
But you shall conceive, and bear a son. 4
Now
therefore beware, please/I pray you,
and
drink not wine nor strong drink,
and
eat not any unclean thing . . . 5
for,
lo, you shall conceive, and bear a son
and
no razor shall come on his head . . .
for
the child shall be a Nazarite unto 'Elohiym/Godhead
from
the womb.
And he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
6
Then the woman came and told her husband, saying,
"A
man of 'Elohiym/Godhead came unto me,
and
his countenance was like the countenance of an angel
of
'Elohiym/Godhead, very terrible/'awe-inspiring' . . .
but
I asked him not who he was,
neither
told he me his name. 7
But
he said unto me,
'Behold,
you shall conceive, and bear a son
and
now drink no wine nor strong drink,
neither
eat any unclean thing . . .
for
the child shall be a Nazarite to 'Elohiym/Godhead
from
the womb to the day of his death."
8
Then Manoah entreated Jehovah/God, and said,
"O
my Jehovah/God,
let
the man of 'Elohiym/Godhead
who
You did send come again unto us,
and
teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born."
9
And 'Elohiym/Godhead 'heard, listened and obeyed' {shama`}
to
the voice of Manoah.
And
the angel of 'Elohiym/Godhead
came
again unto the woman
as
she sat in the field . . .
but
Manoah, her husband, was not with her.
10
And the woman made haste, and ran,
and
showed her husband, and said unto him,
'Behold,
the man has appeared unto me,
who
came unto me the other day.'
11
And Manoah arose, and went after his wife,
and
came to the man, and said unto him,
'Are
you the man who spoke unto the woman?'
And he said, "I {am}".
12
And Manoah said,
"Now
let your words/'doctrinal communications' {dabar}
come
to pass.
How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?"
13
And the angel of Jehovah/God said unto Manoah,
"Of
all that I said unto the woman let her beware. 14
She
may not eat of any thing that comes of the vine,
neither
let her drink wine or strong drink,
nor
eat any unclean thing.
All that I commanded her let her observe."
15
And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah/God,
"I
pray you, let us detain you,
until
we shall have made ready a kid for you."
16
And the angel of Jehovah/God said unto Manoah,
"Though
you detain me,
I
will not eat of your bread.
And
if you will offer a burnt offering,
you
must offer it unto Jehovah/God."
For Manoah knew not that he was an angel of Jehovah/God.
17
And Manoah said unto the angel of Jehovah/God,
"What
is your name,
that
when your sayings come to pass we may do you honor?"
18
And the angel of Jehovah/God said unto him,
"Why
ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?"
19
So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering,
and
offered it upon a rock unto Jehovah/God
and
the angel did wondrously;
and
Manoah and his wife looked on.
20
For it came to pass,
when
the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar,
that
the angel of Jehovah/God
ascended
in the flame of the altar.
And
Manoah and his wife looked on it,
and
fell on their faces to the ground.
21
But the angel of Jehovah/God
did
no more appear to Manoah and to his wife.
Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of Jehovah/God.
22
And Manoah said unto his wife,
"We
shall surely die, because we have seen 'Elohiym/Godhead."
23
But his wife said unto him,
"If
Jehovah/God were pleased to kill us,
He
would not have received a burnt offering
and
a meat offering at our hands,
neither
would he have showed us all these things,
nor
would as at this time have told us such things as these."
24
And the woman bare a son,
and
called his name Samson
and
the child grew,
and
Jehovah/God blessed him.
25
And the spirit of Jehovah/God
began
to move him at times
in
the camp of Dan
between
Zorah and Eshtaol.
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