<vn='1'>And the <sn="1121">children</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="7451">evil</s><sn="3254">again</s> in the <sn="5869">sight</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5414">delivered</s> them into the <sn="3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="705">forty</s><sn="8141">years</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And there <sn="1961">was</s> a <sn="259">certain</s><sn="376">man</s> of <sn="4480 6681">Zorah</s>, of the <sn="4480 4940">family</s> of the <sn="1839">Danites</s>, whose <sn="8034">name</s> was <sn="4495">Manoah</s>; and his <sn="802">wife</s> was <sn="6135">barren</s>, and <sn="3205">bore</s><sn="3808">not</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="802">woman</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> her, <sn="2009">Behold</s><sn="4994">now</s>, <sn="859">thou</s> art <sn="6135">barren</s>, and <sn="3205">bearest</s><sn="3808">not</s>: but thou shalt <sn="2029">conceive</s>, and <sn="3205">bear</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>. </v>
<vn='4'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="8104">beware</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, and <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="3196">wine</s> nor strong <sn="7941">drink</s>, and <sn="398">eat</s><sn="408">not</s><sn="3605">any</s><sn="2931">unclean</s> thing: </v>
<vn='5'><sn="3588">For</s>, <sn="2009">lo</s>, thou shalt <sn="2029">conceive</s>, and <sn="3205">bear</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>; and <sn="3808">no</s><sn="4177">razor</s> shall <sn="5927">come</s><sn="5921">on</s> his <sn="7218">head</s>: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5288">child</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5139">Nazarite</s> unto <sn="430">God</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="990">womb</s>: and <sn="1931">he</s> shall <sn="2490">begin</s> to <sn="3467">deliver</s><sn="*853"></s><sn="3478">Israel</s> out of the <sn="4480 3027">hand</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>. </v>
<vn='6'>Then the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="935">came</s> and <sn="559">told</s> her <sn="376">husband</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, A <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, and his <sn="4758">countenance</s> was like the <sn="4758">countenance</s> of an <sn="4397">angel</s> of <sn="430">God</s>, <sn="3966">very</s><sn="3372">terrible</s>: but I <sn="7592">asked</s> him <sn="3808">not</s><sn="335 4480 2088">whence</s><sn="1931">he</s> was, <sn="3808">neither</s><sn="5046">told</s> he me his <sn="8034">name</s>: </v>
<vn='7'>But he <sn="559">said</s> unto me, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, thou shalt <sn="2029">conceive</s>, and <sn="3205">bear</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>; and <sn="6258">now</s><sn="8354">drink</s><sn="408">no</s><sn="3196">wine</s> nor strong <sn="7941">drink</s>, <sn="408">neither</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="3605">any</s><sn="2932">unclean</s> thing: <sn="3588">for</s> the <sn="5288">child</s> shall <sn="1961">be</s> a <sn="5139">Nazarite</s> to <sn="430">God</s><sn="4480">from</s> the <sn="990">womb</s><sn="5704">to</s> the <sn="3117">day</s> of his <sn="4194">death</s>. </v>
<vn='8'>Then <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="6279 413">entreated</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="994">O</s> my <sn="136">Lord</s>, let the <sn="376">man</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="834">which</s> thou didst <sn="7971">send</s><sn="935">come</s><sn="5750">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> us, and <sn="3384">teach</s> us <sn="4100">what</s> we shall <sn="6213">do</s> unto the <sn="5288">child</s> that shall be <sn="3205">born</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="430">God</s><sn="8085">hearkened</s> to the <sn="6963">voice</s> of <sn="4495">Manoah</s>; and the <sn="4397">angel</s> of <sn="430">God</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="5750">again</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="802">woman</s> as <sn="1931">she</s><sn="3427">sat</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s>: but <sn="4495">Manoah</s> her <sn="376">husband</s> was <sn="369">not</s><sn="5973">with</s> her. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="802">woman</s> made <sn="4116">haste</s>, and <sn="7323">ran</s>, and <sn="5046">showed</s> her <sn="376">husband</s>, and <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> him, <sn="2009">Behold</s>, the <sn="376">man</s> hath <sn="7200">appeared</s><sn="413">unto</s> me, <sn="834">that</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">unto</s> me the other <sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='11'>And <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="6965">arose</s>, and <sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>, and <sn="935">came</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="376">man</s>, and <sn="559">said</s> unto him, Art <sn="859">thou</s> the <sn="376">man</s><sn="834">that</s><sn="1696">spakest</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="802">woman</s>? And he <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="589">I</s> am. </v>
<vn='12'>And <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="559">said</s>, <sn="6258">Now</s> let thy <sn="1697">words</s> come to <sn="935">pass</s>. <sn="4100">How</s> shall we <sn="1961 4941">order</s> the <sn="5288">child</s>, and how shall we <sn="4639">do</s> unto him? </v>
<vn='13'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4495">Manoah</s>, Of <sn="4480 3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="802">woman</s> let her <sn="8104">beware</s>. </v>
<vn='14'>She may <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eat</s> of <sn="4480 3605">any</s> thing <sn="834">that</s><sn="3318">cometh</s> of the <sn="4480 1612">vine</s>, <sn="408">neither</s> let her <sn="8354">drink</s><sn="3196">wine</s> or strong <sn="7941">drink</s>, <sn="408">nor</s><sn="398">eat</s><sn="3605">any</s><sn="2932">unclean</s> thing: <sn="3605">all</s><sn="834">that</s> I <sn="6680">commanded</s> her let her <sn="8104">observe</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, I pray <sn="4994">thee</s>, let us <sn="6113">detain</s> thee, until we shall have made <sn="6213">ready</s> a <sn="1423 5795">kid</s><sn="6440">for</s> thee. </v>
<vn='16'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s><sn="4495">Manoah</s>, <sn="518">Though</s> thou <sn="6113">detain</s> me, I will <sn="3808">not</s><sn="398">eat</s> of thy <sn="3899">bread</s>: and <sn="518">if</s> thou wilt <sn="6213">offer</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s>, thou must <sn="5927">offer</s> it unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. <sn="3588">For</s><sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3808">not</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> was an <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, <sn="4310">What</s> is thy <sn="8034">name</s>, that <sn="3588">when</s> thy <sn="1697">sayings</s> come to <sn="935">pass</s> we may do thee <sn="3513">honor</s>? </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="4100">Why</s><sn="7592">askest</s> thou <sn="2088">thus</s> after my <sn="8034">name</s>, seeing <sn="1931">it</s> is <sn="6383">secret</s>? </v>
<vn='19'>So <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="3947">took</s><sn="*853"></s> a <sn="1423 5795">kid</s><sn="854">with</s> a meat <sn="4503">offering</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> it <sn="5921">upon</s> a <sn="6697">rock</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: and the angel <sn="6213">did</s><sn="6381">wondrously</s>; and <sn="4495">Manoah</s> and his <sn="802">wife</s> looked <sn="7200">on</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>For it came to <sn="1961">pass</s>, when the <sn="3851">flame</s> went <sn="5927">up</s> toward <sn="8064">heaven</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> the <sn="4196">altar</s>, that the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="5927">ascended</s> in the <sn="3851">flame</s> of the <sn="4196">altar</s>. And <sn="4495">Manoah</s> and his <sn="802">wife</s> looked <sn="7200">on</s> it, and <sn="5307">fell</s><sn="5921">on</s> their <sn="6440">faces</s> to the <sn="776">ground</s>. </v>
<vn='21'>But the <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s> did <sn="3808">no</s><sn="3254">more</s><sn="7200">appear</s><sn="413">to</s><sn="4495">Manoah</s> and <sn="413">to</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>. <sn="227">Then</s><sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="3045">knew</s><sn="3588">that</s><sn="1931">he</s> was an <sn="4397">angel</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='22'>And <sn="4495">Manoah</s><sn="559">said</s><sn="413">unto</s> his <sn="802">wife</s>, We shall surely <sn="4191 4191">die</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> we have <sn="7200">seen</s><sn="430">God</s>. </v>
<vn='23'>But his <sn="802">wife</s><sn="559">said</s> unto him, <sn="3863">If</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> were <sn="2654">pleased</s> to <sn="4191">kill</s> us, he would <sn="3808">not</s> have <sn="3947">received</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> and a meat <sn="4503">offering</s> at our <sn="4480 3027">hands</s>, <sn="3808">neither</s> would he have <sn="7200">showed</s> us <sn="*853"></s><sn="3605">all</s><sn="428">these</s> things, <sn="3808">nor</s> would as at this <sn="6256">time</s> have <sn="8085">told</s> us such things as <sn="2063">these</s>. </v>
<vn='24'>And the <sn="802">woman</s><sn="3205">bore</s> a <sn="1121">son</s>, and <sn="7121">called</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="8034">name</s><sn="8123">Samson</s>: and the <sn="5288">child</s><sn="1431">grew</s>, and the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1288">blessed</s> him. </v>
<vn='25'>And the <sn="7307">Spirit</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="2490">began</s> to <sn="6470">move</s> him at times in the <sn="4264">camp</s> of <sn="1835">Dan</s><sn="996">between</s><sn="6881">Zorah</s> and <sn="847">Eshtaol</s>. </v>