⁵ You will become pregnant and have a son^(A) whose head is never to be touched by a razor^(B) because the boy is to be a Nazirite,^(C) dedicated to God from the womb. He will take the lead^(D) in delivering Israel from the hands of the Philistines.”

⁷ But he said to me, ‘You will become pregnant and have a son. Now then, drink no wine^(A) or other fermented drink^(B) and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite of God from the womb until the day of his death.^(C)’”

¹⁷ So he told her everything.^(A) “No razor has ever been used on my head,” he said, “because I have been a Nazirite^(B) dedicated to God from my mother’s womb. If my head were shaved, my strength would leave me, and I would become as weak as any other man.”