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And the children[H1121] of Israel[H3478]did[H6213]evil[H7451]again[H3254] in the sight[H5869] of the LORD[H3068]; and the LORD[H3068]delivered[H5414] them into the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430]forty[H705]years[H8141].
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And there was a certain[H259]man[H376] of Zorah[H6881], of the family[H4940] of the Danites[H1839], whose name[H8034] was Manoah[H4495]; and his wife[H802] was barren[H6135], and bare[H3205] not.
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]appeared[H7200] unto the woman[H802], and said[H559] unto her, Behold now, thou art barren[H6135], and bearest[H3205] not: but thou shalt conceive[H2029], and bear[H3205] a son[H1121].
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Now therefore beware[H8104], I pray thee, and drink[H8354] not wine[H3196] nor strong drink[H7941], and eat[H398] not any unclean[H2931] thing:
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For, lo, thou shalt conceive[H2030], and bear[H3205] a son[H1121]; and no razor[H4177] shall come[H5927] on his head[H7218]: for the child[H5288] shall be a Nazarite[H5139] unto God[H430] from the womb[H990]: and he shall begin[H2490] to deliver[H3467]Israel[H3478] out of the hand[H3027] of the Philistines[H6430].
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Then the woman[H802]came[H935] and told[H559] her husband[H376], saying[H559], A man[H376] of God[H430]came[H935] unto me, and his countenance[H4758] was like the countenance[H4758] of an angel[H4397] of God[H430], very[H3966]terrible[H3372]: but I asked[H7592] him not whence he was, neither told[H5046] he me his name[H8034]:
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But he said[H559] unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive[H2030], and bear[H3205] a son[H1121]; and now drink[H7941] no wine[H3196] nor strong drink[H8354], neither eat[H398] any unclean[H2932] thing: for the child[H5288] shall be a Nazarite[H5139] to God[H430] from the womb[H990] to the day[H3117] of his death[H4194].
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Then Manoah[H4495]intreated[H6279] the LORD[H3068], and said[H559], O[H994] my Lord[H136], let[H4994] the man[H376] of God[H430] which thou didst send[H7971] come again[H935] unto us, and teach[H3384] us what we shall do[H6213] unto the child[H5288] that shall be born[H3205].
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And God[H430]hearkened[H8085] to the voice[H6963] of Manoah[H4495]; and the angel[H4397] of God[H430] came again[H935] unto the woman[H802] as she sat[H3427] in the field[H7704]: but Manoah[H4495] her husband[H376] was not with her.
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And the woman[H802] made haste[H4116], and ran[H7323], and shewed[H5046] her husband[H376], and said[H559] unto him, Behold, the man[H376] hath appeared[H7200] unto me, that came[H935] unto me the other day[H3117].
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And Manoah[H4495]arose[H6965], and went[H3212]after[H310] his wife[H802], and came[H935] to the man[H376], and said[H559] unto him, Art thou the man[H376] that spakest[H1696] unto the woman?[H802] And he said[H559], I am.
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And Manoah[H4495]said[H559], Now let thy words[H1697] come to pass[H935]. How shall we order[H4941] the child[H5288], and how shall we do[H4639] unto him?
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Manoah[H4495], Of all that I said[H559] unto the woman[H802] let her beware[H8104].
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She may not eat[H398] of any thing that cometh[H3318] of the vine[H1612], neither let her drink[H8354]wine[H3196] or strong drink[H7941], nor eat[H398] any unclean[H2932] thing: all that I commanded[H6680] her let her observe[H8104].
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And Manoah[H4495]said[H559] unto the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068], I pray thee, let us detain[H6113] thee, until we shall have made ready[H6213] a kid[H1423]for[H6440] thee.
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto Manoah[H4495], Though thou detain[H6113] me, I will not eat[H398] of thy bread[H3899]: and if[H518] thou wilt offer[H6213] a burnt offering[H5930], thou must offer[H5927] it unto the LORD[H3068]. For Manoah[H4495]knew[H3045] not that he was an angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Manoah[H4495]said[H559] unto the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068], What is thy name[H8034], that when thy sayings[H1697] come to pass[H935] we may do thee honour?[H3513]
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And the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]said[H559] unto him, Why askest[H7592] thou thus after my name[H8034], seeing it is secret?[H6383]
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So Manoah[H4495]took[H3947] a kid[H1423] with a meat offering[H4503], and offered[H5927] it upon a rock[H6697] unto the LORD[H3068]: and the angel did[H6213]wondrously[H6381]; and Manoah[H4495] and his wife[H802] looked on[H7200].
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For it came to pass, when the flame[H3851] went up[H5927] toward heaven[H8064] from off the altar[H4196], that the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068]ascended[H5927] in the flame[H3851] of the altar[H4196]. And Manoah[H4495] and his wife[H802] looked on[H7200] it, and fell on[H5307] their faces[H6440] to the ground[H776].
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But the angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068] did no more[H3254]appear[H7200] to Manoah[H4495] and to his wife[H802]. Then Manoah[H4495]knew[H3045] that he was an angel[H4397] of the LORD[H3068].
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And Manoah[H4495]said[H559] unto his wife[H802], We shall surely[H4191]die[H4191], because we have seen[H7200]God[H430].
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But his wife[H802]said[H559] unto him, If[H3863] the LORD[H3068] were pleased[H2654] to kill[H4191] us, he would not have received[H3947] a burnt offering[H5930] and a meat offering[H4503] at our hands[H3027], neither would he have shewed[H7200] us all these[H2063] things, nor would as at this time[H6256] have told[H8085] us such things as these[H2063].
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And the woman[H802]bare[H3205] a son[H1121], and called[H7121] his name[H8034]Samson[H8123]: and the child[H5288]grew[H1431], and the LORD[H3068]blessed[H1288] him.
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And the Spirit[H7307] of the LORD[H3068]began[H2490] to move him at times[H6470] in the camp[H4264] of Dan[H1835] between Zorah[H6881] and Eshtaol[H847].