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Judges 13:6-8
New English Translation
Judges 13:6-8
New English Translation
6 The woman went and said to her husband, “A man sent from God[a] came to me! He looked like God’s angel—he was very awesome.[b] I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name. 7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son.[c] So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.[d] For the child will be dedicated[e] to God from birth till the day he dies.’”
8 Manoah prayed to the Lord,[f] “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God[g] to visit[h] us again, so he can teach[i] us how we should raise[j] the child who will be born.”
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- Judges 13:6 tn Heb “The man of God.”
- Judges 13:6 tn Heb “His appearance was like the appearance of the angel of God, very awesome.”
- Judges 13:7 tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.
- Judges 13:7 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”
- Judges 13:7 tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”
- Judges 13:8 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
- Judges 13:8 tn Heb “the man of God.”
- Judges 13:8 tn Heb “come to.”
- Judges 13:8 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (viʾirenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (veyorenu, “to teach”).
- Judges 13:8 tn Heb “what we should do for.”
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