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Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 013

13:001

And the children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of HaShem; and HaShem delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years

13:002

And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bore not

13:003

And the angel of HaShem appeared unto the woman, and said unto her: 'Behold now, thou art barren, and hast not borne; but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son

13:004

Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing

13:005

For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come upon his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto G-d from the womb; and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

13:006

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying: 'A man of G-d came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of G-d, very terrible; and I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name

13:007

but he said unto me: Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto G-d from the womb to the day of his death.

13:008

Then Manoah entreated HaShem, and said: 'Oh, HaShem, I pray Thee, let the man of G-d whom Thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

13:009

And G-d hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of G-d came again unto the woman as she sat in the field; but Manoah her husband was not with her

13:010

And the woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said unto him: 'Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me that day.

13:011

And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him: 'Art thou the man that spokest unto the woman?' And he said: 'I am.

13:012

And Manoah said: 'Now when thy word cometh to pass, what shall be the rule for the child, and what shall be done with him?

13:013

And the angel of HaShem said unto Manoah: 'Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware

13:014

She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the grapevine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.

13:015

And Manoah said unto the angel of HaShem: 'I pray thee, let us detain thee, that we may make ready a kid for thee.

13:016

And the angel of HaShem said unto Manoah: 'Though thou detain me, I will not eat of thy bread; and if thou wilt make ready a burnt-offering, thou must offer it unto HaShem.' For Manoah knew not that he was the angel of HaShem

13:017

And Manoah said unto the angel of HaShem: 'What is thy name, that when thy words come to pass we may do thee honour?

13:018

And the angel of HaShem said unto him: 'Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is hidden?

13:019

So Manoah took the kid with the meal-offering, and offered it upon the rock unto HaShem; and the angel did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on

13:020

For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven from off the altar, that the angel of HaShem ascended in the flame of the altar; and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground

13:021

But the angel of HaShem did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of HaShem

13:022

And Manoah said unto his wife: 'We shall surely die, because we have seen G-d.

13:023

But his wife said unto him: 'If HaShem were pleased to kill us, He would not have received a burnt-offering and a meal-offering at our hand, neither would He have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.

13:024

And the woman bore a son, and called his name Samson; and the child grew, and HaShem blessed him

13:025

And the spirit of HaShem began to move him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol



Book 07 : NEVIIM - JUDGES - Chapter 013

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