for indeed, you will conceive and give birth to a son. You must never cut his hair,[a] because the boy will be a Nazirite(A) to God from birth, and he will begin to save Israel from the power of the Philistines.”

Then the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring Angel of God. I didn’t ask Him where He came from, and He didn’t tell me His name. He said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 13:5 Lit And a razor is not to go up on his head

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