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1. Again the people started doing what the Lord said was wrong. So the Lord allowed the Philistines to rule over them for 40 years.
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1. And the children H1121 of Israel H3478 did H6213 evil H7451 again H3254 in the sight H5869 of the LORD H3068 ; and the LORD H3068 delivered H5414 them into the hand H3027 of the Philistines H6430 forty H705 years H8141 .
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2. There was a man named Manoah from the city of Zorah. He was from the tribe of Dan. Manoah had a wife, but she was not able to have any children.
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2. And there was H1961 a certain H259 man H376 of Zorah H4480 H6681 , of the family H4480 H4940 of the Danites H1839 , whose name H8034 was Manoah H4495 ; and his wife H802 was barren H6135 , and bore H3205 not H3808 .
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3. The Angel of the Lord appeared to Manoah's wife and said, "You have not been able to have children. But you will become pregnant and have a son.
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3. And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 appeared H7200 unto H413 the woman H802 , and said H559 unto H413 her, Behold H2009 now H4994 , thou H859 art barren H6135 , and bearest H3205 not H3808 : but thou shalt conceive H2029 , and bear H3205 a son H1121 .
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4. Don't drink any wine or any other strong drink. Don't eat any food that is unclean,
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4. Now H6258 therefore beware H8104 , I pray thee H4994 , and drink H8354 not H408 wine H3196 nor strong drink H7941 , and eat H398 not H408 any H3605 unclean H2931 thing :
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5. because you are pregnant, and you will have a son. He will be dedicated to God in a special way. He will be a Nazirite. So you must never cut his hair. He will be God's special person from before he is born. He will save the Israelites from the power of the Philistines."
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5. For H3588 , lo H2009 , thou shalt conceive H2029 , and bear H3205 a son H1121 ; and no H3808 razor H4177 shall come H5927 on H5921 his head H7218 : for H3588 the child H5288 shall be H1961 a Nazarite H5139 unto God H430 from H4480 the womb H990 : and he H1931 shall begin H2490 to deliver H3467 H853 Israel H3478 out of the hand H4480 H3027 of the Philistines H6430 .
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6. Then the woman went to her husband and told him what had happened. She said, "A man of God came to me. He looked like the Angel of God. He frightened me. I didn't ask him where he was from, and he didn't tell me his name.
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6. Then the woman H802 came H935 and told H559 her husband H376 , saying H559 , A man H376 of God H430 came H935 unto H413 me , and his countenance H4758 was like the countenance H4758 of an angel H4397 of God H430 , very H3966 terrible H3372 : but I asked H7592 him not H3808 whence H335 H4480 H2088 he H1931 was , neither H3808 told H5046 he me his name H8034 :
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7. But he said to me, 'You are pregnant and will have a son. Don't drink any wine or other strong drink. Don't eat any food that is unclean, because the boy will be dedicated to God in a special way. The boy will be God's special person from before he is born until the day he dies.'"
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7. But he said H559 unto me, Behold H2009 , thou shalt conceive H2029 , and bear H3205 a son H1121 ; and now H6258 drink H8354 no H408 wine H3196 nor strong drink H7941 , neither H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2932 thing : for H3588 the child H5288 shall be H1961 a Nazarite H5139 to God H430 from H4480 the womb H990 to H5704 the day H3117 of his death H4194 .
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8. Then Manoah prayed to the Lord. He said, "Lord, I beg you to send the man of God to us again. We want him to teach us what we should do for the boy who will soon be born."
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8. Then Manoah H4495 entreated H6279 H413 the LORD H3068 , and said H559 , O H994 my Lord H136 , let the man H376 of God H430 which H834 thou didst send H7971 come H935 again H5750 unto H413 us , and teach H3384 us what H4100 we shall do H6213 unto the child H5288 that shall be born H3205 .
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9. God heard Manoah's prayer. The Angel of God came to the woman again. She was sitting in a field and her husband Manoah was not with her.
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9. And God H430 hearkened H8085 to the voice H6963 of Manoah H4495 ; and the angel H4397 of God H430 came H935 again H5750 unto H413 the woman H802 as she H1931 sat H3427 in the field H7704 : but Manoah H4495 her husband H376 was not H369 with H5973 her.
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10. So the woman ran to tell her husband, "The man is back! The man who came to me the other day is here."
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10. And the woman H802 made haste H4116 , and ran H7323 , and showed H5046 her husband H376 , and said H559 unto H413 him, Behold H2009 , the man H376 hath appeared H7200 unto H413 me, that H834 came H935 unto H413 me the other day H3117 .
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11. Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he said, "Are you the same man who spoke to my wife before?" The angel said, "I am."
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11. And Manoah H4495 arose H6965 , and went H1980 after H310 his wife H802 , and came H935 to H413 the man H376 , and said H559 unto him, Art thou H859 the man H376 that H834 spakest H1696 unto H413 the woman H802 ? And he said H559 , I H589 am .
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12. So Manoah said, "May what you say happen. Tell me, what kind of life will the boy live? What will he do?"
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12. And Manoah H4495 said H559 , Now H6258 let thy words H1697 come to pass H935 . How H4100 shall we order H1961 H4941 the child H5288 , and how shall we do H4639 unto him?
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13. The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Your wife must do everything I told her.
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13. And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Manoah H4495 , Of all H4480 H3605 that H834 I said H559 unto H413 the woman H802 let her beware H8104 .
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14. She must not eat anything that grows on a grapevine. She must not drink any wine or strong drink. She must not eat any food that is unclean. She must do everything that I have commanded her to do."
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14. She may not H3808 eat H398 of any H4480 H3605 thing that H834 cometh H3318 of the vine H4480 H1612 , neither H408 let her drink H8354 wine H3196 or strong drink H7941 , nor H408 eat H398 any H3605 unclean H2932 thing : all H3605 that H834 I commanded H6680 her let her observe H8104 .
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15. Then Manoah said to the Angel of the Lord, "We would like for you to stay a while. We want to cook a young goat for you to eat."
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15. And Manoah H4495 said H559 unto H413 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 , I pray thee H4994 , let us detain H6113 thee , until we shall have made ready H6213 a kid H1423 H5795 for H6440 thee.
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16. The Angel of the Lord said to Manoah, "Even if you keep me from leaving, I will not eat your food. But if you want to prepare something, offer a burnt offering to the Lord." (Manoah did not understand that the man was really the Angel of the Lord.)
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16. And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 unto H413 Manoah H4495 , Though H518 thou detain H6113 me , I will not H3808 eat H398 of thy bread H3899 : and if H518 thou wilt offer H6213 a burnt offering H5930 , thou must offer H5927 it unto the LORD H3068 . For H3588 Manoah H4495 knew H3045 not H3808 that H3588 he H1931 was an angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 .
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17. Then Manoah asked the Angel of the Lord, "What is your name? We want to know so that we can honor you when what you have said really happens."
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17. And Manoah H4495 said H559 unto H413 the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 , What H4310 is thy name H8034 , that when H3588 thy sayings H1697 come to pass H935 we may do thee honor H3513 ?
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18. The Angel of the Lord said, "Why do you ask my name? It is too amazing for you to believe. "
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18. And the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 said H559 unto him, Why H4100 askest H7592 thou thus H2088 after my name H8034 , seeing it H1931 is secret H6383 ?
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19. Then Manoah sacrificed a young goat on a rock. He offered the goat and a grain offering as a gift to the Lord and to the One Who Does Amazing Things.
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19. So Manoah H4495 took H3947 H853 a kid H1423 H5795 with H854 a meat offering H4503 , and offered H5927 it upon H5921 a rock H6697 unto the LORD H3068 : and the angel did H6213 wondrously H6381 ; and Manoah H4495 and his wife H802 looked on H7200 .
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20. Manoah and his wife were watching what happened. As the flames went up to the sky from the altar, the Angel of the Lord went up to heaven in the fire. When Manoah and his wife saw that, they bowed down with their faces to the ground.
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20. For it came to pass H1961 , when the flame H3851 went up H5927 toward heaven H8064 from off H4480 H5921 the altar H4196 , that the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 ascended H5927 in the flame H3851 of the altar H4196 . And Manoah H4495 and his wife H802 looked on H7200 it , and fell H5307 on H5921 their faces H6440 to the ground H776 .
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21. He finally understood that the man was really the Angel of the Lord. The Angel of the Lord did not appear to Manoah again.
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21. But the angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 did no H3808 more H3254 appear H7200 to H413 Manoah H4495 and to H413 his wife H802 . Then H227 Manoah H4495 knew H3045 that H3588 he H1931 was an angel H4397 of the LORD H3068 .
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22. Manoah said to his wife, "We have seen God. Surely we will die because of this."
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22. And Manoah H4495 said H559 unto H413 his wife H802 , We shall surely die H4191 H4191 , because H3588 we have seen H7200 God H430 .
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23. But his wife said to him, "The Lord does not want to kill us. If he wanted to kill us, he would not have accepted our burnt offering and grain offering. He would not have shown us all these things or told us this."
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23. But his wife H802 said H559 unto him, If H3863 the LORD H3068 were pleased H2654 to kill H4191 us , he would not H3808 have received H3947 a burnt offering H5930 and a meat offering H4503 at our hands H4480 H3027 , neither H3808 would he have showed H7200 us H853 all H3605 these H428 things , nor H3808 would as at this time H6256 have told H8085 us such things as these H2063 .
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24. So the woman had a boy. She named him Samson. He grew and the Lord blessed him.
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24. And the woman H802 bore H3205 a son H1121 , and called H7121 H853 his name H8034 Samson H8123 : and the child H5288 grew H1431 , and the LORD H3068 blessed H1288 him.
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25. The Spirit of the Lord began to work in Samson while he was in the city of Mahaneh Dan. That city is between the cities of Zorah and Eshtaol.
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25. And the Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 began H2490 to move H6470 him at times in the camp H4264 of Dan H1835 between H996 Zorah H6881 and Eshtaol H847 .
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