Judges 13:7

Modern English Version

but said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and bear a son. So now, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, for the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day he dies.’ ”

Cross References

Jeremiah 35:6

But they said, “We will drink no wine, for Jonadab the son of Rekab our father commanded us, saying, ‘You shall not drink wine, neither you nor your sons forever.

Amos 2:11

I raised up some of your sons as prophets, and some of your young men as Nazirites. Is it not so, O Israelites? says the Lord.

Numbers 6:2

Speak to the Israelites and say to them: When either a man or woman will make a hard vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate themselves to the Lord,

Judges 13:4

Now be careful, I pray, that you drink no wine or strong drink and that you do not eat anything unclean,

Judges 13:6

Then the woman went to her husband and said, “A man of God came to me. He looked like a very fearsome angel of God. I did not ask him where he was from, and he did not tell me his name,

Judges 13:8

Then Manoah prayed to the Lord, “O my Lord, let the man of God whom You sent come again to us, so that he can teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”