Judges 13:4-6
1599 Geneva Bible
4 And now therefore beware (A)that thou drink no wine, nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing.
5 For lo, thou shalt conceive and bear a son, and no razor shall (B)come on his head: for the child shall be a [a]Nazirite unto God from his birth: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hands of the Philistines.
6 ¶ Then the wife came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came unto me, and the fashion of him was like the fashion of the Angel of God exceedingly [b]fearful, but I asked him not whence he was, neither told he me his name,
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- Judges 13:5 Meaning, he should be separate from the world, and dedicated to God.
- Judges 13:6 If flesh be not able to abide the sight of an Angel, how much less the presence of God?
Judges 13:4-6
New International Version
4 Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink(A) and that you do not eat anything unclean.(B) 5 You will become pregnant and have a son(C) whose head is never to be touched by a razor(D) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,(E) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead(F) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”
6 Then the woman went to her husband and told him, “A man of God(G) came to me. He looked like an angel of God,(H) very awesome.(I) I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name.
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