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Therefore be thou ware, lest thou drink wine, and cider (or cider), neither eat thou any unclean thing;

for thou shalt conceive, and bear a son, whose head a razor shall not touch; for he shall be a Nazarite, that is, holy of God, from his young age, and from the mother’s womb (for he shall be a Nazarite, that is, holy to God, from his mother’s womb); and he shall begin to deliver Israel from the hand of [the] Philistines.

And when she had come to her husband, she said to him, A man of God came to me, and he had an angel’s cheer, and he was full fearedful (and he had the face of an angel, and he was most frightening); and when I had asked him, who he was, and from whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not say to me;

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Now see to it that you drink no wine or other fermented drink(A) and that you do not eat anything unclean.(B) 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.”

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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