Judges 13:5
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5 for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,[a] because the boy will be a Nazirite(A) to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”
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- Judges 13:5 Lit And a razor is not to go up on his head
Judges 13:7
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7 He said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’”
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Judges 16:17
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 he told her the whole truth and said to her, “My hair has never been cut,[a] because I am a Nazirite(A) to God from birth. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any other man.”
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- Judges 16:17 Lit A razor has not gone up on my head
Amos 2:11-12
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11 I raised up some of your sons as prophets(A)
and some of your young men as Nazirites.(B)
Is this not the case, Israelites?
This is the Lord’s declaration.
12 But you made the Nazirites drink wine
and commanded the prophets,
“Do not prophesy.”(C)
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