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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.
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3 ) And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her, Behold now, you are barren, and bear not: but you shall conceive, and bear a son.
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4 ) Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
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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 God from the womb: and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.
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6 ) Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and his countenance was like the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible: but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name:
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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 God from the womb to the day of his death.
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8 ) Then Manoah implored the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which you did send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.
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9 ) 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 was not with her.
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10 ) And the woman made haste, and ran, and showed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man has appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day.
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11 ) And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Are you the man that spoke unto the woman? And he said, I am.
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12 ) And Manoah said, Now let your words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?
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13 ) And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware.
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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.