Judges 13:6-17 – Then the woman came and told her husband, “A man of God came to me, and his
appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome. I did not ask him where he was from, and
he did not tell me his name, but he said to me, ‘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.’”
Then Manoah prayed to the Lord and said, “O Lord, please let the man of
God whom you sent come again to us and teach us what we are to do with the
child who will be born.” And God listened to the voice of
Manoah, and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field.
But Manoah her husband was not with her. So the woman ran
quickly and told her husband, “Behold, the man who came to me the other day has
appeared to me.” And Manoah arose and went after his
wife and came to the man and said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to this
woman?” And he said, “I am.” And Manoah said, “Now
when your words come true, what is to be the child's manner of life, and what is his
mission?” And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “Of all that I said to the
woman let her be careful. She may not eat of
anything that comes from the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong
drink, or eat any unclean thing. All that I commanded her let her observe.”
Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “Please let us detain you and prepare a young goat for you.” And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, “If you detain me, I will
not eat of your food. But if you prepare a burnt offering, then offer it to the Lord.” (For Manoah did not know that he was
the angel of the Lord.) And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, “What is your name, so that, when your
words come true, we may honor you?”
Application:
- · To Manoah, it was not a matter of whether these events would occur, but of when.
All Scripture verses taken from ESV
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