1: And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight
of the LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the
Philistines forty years. |
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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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And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said
unto her, Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt
conceive, and bear a son. |
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4: Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor
strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing: |
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5: For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and no rasor
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, thou shalt 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 intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the
man of God which thou didst 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 shewed her husband,
and said unto him, Behold, the man hath 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, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman?
And he said, I am. |
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12: And Manoah said, Now let thy 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 cometh of the vine, neither
let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that
I commanded her let her observe. |
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15: And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, I pray thee, let
us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee. |
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16: And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Though thou
detain me, I will not eat of thy bread: and if thou wilt offer a burnt
offering, thou must offer it unto the LORD. For Manoah knew not that he
was an angel of the LORD. |
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17: And Manoah said unto the angel of the LORD, What is thy name,
that when thy sayings come to pass we may do thee honour? |
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18: And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Why askest thou thus
after my name, seeing it is secret? |
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19: So Manoah took a kid with a meat offering, and offered it
upon a rock unto the LORD: and the angel did wondrously; and Manoah and
his wife looked on. |
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20: For it came to pass, when the flame went up toward heaven
from off the altar, that the angel of the LORD ascended in the flame of
the altar. And Manoah and his wife looked on it, and fell on their faces
to the ground. |
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21: But the angel of the LORD did no more appear to Manoah and to
his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was an angel of the LORD. |
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22: And Manoah said unto his wife, We shall surely die, because
we have seen God. |
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23: But his wife said unto him, If the LORD were pleased to kill
us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at
our hands, neither would he have ewed us all these things, nor would
as at this time have told us such things as these. |
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24: And the woman bare a son, and called his name Samson: and the
child grew, and the LORD blessed him. |
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25: And the Spirit of the LORD began to move him at times in the
camp of Dan between Zorah and Eshtaol. |