{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/web/judges/13","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T00:30:34.403Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Judges","bookSlug":"judges","chapter":13,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":12,"nextChapter":14,"totalChapters":21,"totalVerses":25},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"The children of Israel again did that which was evil in the sight of Yahweh; and Yahweh delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years."},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"There was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites, whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and didn't bear."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"The angel of Yahweh appeared to the woman, and said to her, |See now, you are barren, and don't bear; but you shall conceive, and bear a son."},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing:"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"for, behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.|"},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, |A man of God came to me, and his face was like the face of the angel of God, very awesome; and I didn't ask him where he was from, neither did he tell me his name:"},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"but he said to me, 'Behold, you shall conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.'|"},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, |Oh, Lord, please let the man of God whom you did send come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the child who shall be born.|"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"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, wasn't with her."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The woman made haste, and ran, and told her husband, and said to him, |Behold, the man has appeared to me, who came to me the [other] day.|"},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said to him, |Are you the man who spoke to the woman?| He said, |I am.|"},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"Manoah said, |Now let your words happen. What shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?|"},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, |Of all that I said to the woman let her beware."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"She may not eat of anything that comes of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.|"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, |Please, let us detain you, that we may make a young goat ready for you.|"},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to Manoah, |Though you detain me, I won't eat of your bread; and if you will prepare a burnt offering, you must offer it to Yahweh.| For Manoah didn't know that he was the angel of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"Manoah said to the angel of Yahweh, |What is your name, that when your words happen, we may honor you?|"},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"The angel of Yahweh said to him, |Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?|"},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"So Manoah took the young goat with the meal offering, and offered it on the rock to Yahweh: and [the angel] did wondrously, and Manoah and his wife looked on."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"For it happened, when the flame went up toward the sky from off the altar, that the angel of Yahweh ascended in the flame of the altar: and Manoah and his wife looked on; and they fell on their faces to the ground."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"But the angel of Yahweh did no more appear to Manoah or to his wife. Then Manoah knew that he was the angel of Yahweh."},{"verseNumber":22,"text":"Manoah said to his wife, |We shall surely die, because we have seen God.|"},{"verseNumber":23,"text":"But his wife said to him, |If Yahweh were pleased to kill us, he wouldn't have received a burnt offering and a meal offering at our hand, neither would he have shown us all these things, nor would at this time have told such things as these.|"},{"verseNumber":24,"text":"The woman bore a son, and named him Samson: and the child grew, and Yahweh blessed him."},{"verseNumber":25,"text":"The Spirit of Yahweh began to move him in Mahaneh Dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol."}],"citation":{"inline":"Judges 13 (WEB)","markdown":"[Judges 13](https://primebible.com/web/judges/13)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/judges/13 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}