2 A certain man of Zorah, named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, had a wife who was sterile and remained childless. |
3 The angel of the LORD appeared to her and said, "You are sterile and childless, but you are going to conceive and have a son. |
4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink and that you do not eat anything unclean, |
5 because you will conceive and give birth to a son. No razor may be used on his head, because the boy is to be a Nazirite, set apart to God from birth, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hands of the Philistines." |
6 Then the woman went to her husband and told him, "A man of God came to me. He looked like an angel of God, very awesome. I didn't ask him where he came from, and he didn't tell me his name. |
7 But he said to me, 'You will conceive and give birth to a son. Now then, drink no wine or other fermented drink and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from birth until the day of his death.' " |
