Judges 13:5-12

You will conceive and will give birth to a son. Raise the boy as one dedicated to God from the womb and never cut his hair. He will begin to deliver Israel from Philistine power.” So Manoah’s wife went to her husband and said, “A man sent from God came to me! He looked like an angel of God—incredibly awesome. I didn’t ask where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name, but he told me, ‘You will become pregnant, and you will have a son. Make sure you don’t drink any wine or beer, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy will be fully devoted to God from the womb to the day he dies!’ ” Manoah pleaded with YAHWEH, “O my Lord, please send the man of God back to us. Have him come to instruct us how to raise the son who is to be born.” God answered Manoah’s prayer and sent the Angel of God to the woman again while she was sitting alone in the field. Her husband Manoah was not with her so she ran at once to tell him the news: “Look! Come quickly! He reappeared—the same man who came to me that day!” So Manoah got up, followed his wife, and went to the man. Manoah said to him, “Are you the man who appeared and spoke to my wife?” “I am,” he said. Manoah replied, “Well, when YAHWEH fulfills your prophecy, how should we raise the boy, and what is his life mission?”

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