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12 Manoah asked, “Now, when what you’ve said occurs, what is to be the young man’s way of life and work?”

13 The angel of the Lord replied to Manoah, “Just have your wife[a] be careful to carry out everything that I told her. 14 She must not consume anything extracted from grape vines, including wine or anything intoxicating, and she must not eat anything unclean, doing everything that I commissioned her to do.”

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  1. Judges 13:13 Lit. have the woman

12 So Manoah asked him, “When your words are fulfilled, what is to be the rule that governs the boy’s life and work?”

13 The angel of the Lord answered, “Your wife must do all that I have told her. 14 She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, nor drink any wine or other fermented drink(A) nor eat anything unclean.(B) She must do everything I have commanded her.”

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