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12 Then Manoah asked him, ‘When what you promised happens, how should the boy live? What kind of work will he do?’

13 The Lord's angel answered, ‘Your wife must be careful to do everything that I told her. 14 She must not eat anything that comes from vines.[a] She must not drink wine or beer. She must not eat any food that is unclean. She must obey everything that I have commanded her to do.’

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Footnotes

  1. 13:14 Grapes grew on vines, and they used grapes to make wine. The angel told Manoah's wife that she must not eat any grapes or dried grapes (raisins).