The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “Although you are unable to conceive and have no children, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now please be careful not to drink wine or beer,(A) or to eat anything unclean;(B) 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(C) to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

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Footnotes

  1. 13:5 Lit And a razor is not to go up on his head

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