Judges 13:2-7

English Standard Version

² There was a certain man of ^(A)Zorah, of the tribe of the Danites, whose name was Manoah. ^(B)And his wife was barren and had no children. ^3 (C)And the angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Behold, you are barren and have not borne children, but you shall conceive and bear a son. ⁴ Therefore be careful ^(D)and drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, ⁵ for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. ^(E)No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be ^(F)a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall ^(G)begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.” ⁶ Then the woman came and told her husband, ^(H)“A man of God came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. ^(I)I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name, ⁷ but he said to me, ^(J)‘Behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. So then drink no wine or strong drink, and eat nothing unclean, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’”