Judges 13:6-11

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6} Then the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. He looked like the awe-inspiring Angel of God. I didn’t ask Him where He came from, and He didn’t tell me His name. ^{Tools
7} He said to me, ‘You will conceive and give birth to a son. Therefore, do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from birth until the day of his death.’”

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8} Manoah prayed^(A) to the Lord and said, “Please Lord, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”

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9} God listened^(B) to^(a) Manoah, and the Angel of God came again to the woman. She was sitting in the field, and her husband Manoah was not with her. ^{Tools
10} The woman ran quickly to her husband and told him, “The man who came to me today has just come back!”

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11} So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he asked, “Are You the man who spoke to my wife?”

“I am,” He said.

Footnotes:

a. Judges 13:9: Lit to the voice of

Cross references:

A. Judges 13:8: Genesis 25:21; Exodus 10:18; Job 33:26

B. Judges 13:9: Genesis 16:11; Exodus 16:8; Deuteronomy 1:45; Deuteronomy 33:7; Joshua 10:14; Psalm 27:7