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Judges 13:4

2 Now there was a man from Zorah named Manoah, from the clan of the Danites, whose wife was barren and had no children.

3 The angel of the LORD appeared to the woman and said to her, “It is true that you are barren and have no children; but you will conceive and give birth to a son.

Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.

5 For behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. And no razor shall come over his head, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he will begin the deliverance of Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”

6 So the woman went and told her husband, “A man of God came to me. His appearance was like the angel of God, exceedingly awesome. I did not ask him where he came from, and he did not tell me his name.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.
KJV
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
WEB
Now therefore please beware and drink no wine nor strong drink, and don’t eat any unclean thing;
ASV
Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
DARBY
And now beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat nothing unclean.
BLB
And now be careful, please, and do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean.
ÅB
Så ta deg nå i vare og drikk ikke vin eller sterk drikk og et ikke noe urent!
OTB
Nå må du være forsiktig med ikke å drikke vin eller sterk drikk, og ikke spise noe urent.
B1930
Så ta dig nu i vare og drikk ikke vin eller sterk drikk og et ikke noget urent!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Luke 1:15

    for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He shall never take wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit even from his mother’s womb.

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  • Judges 13:14

    She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, nor drink any wine or strong drink, nor eat anything unclean. She must do everything I have commanded her.”

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  • Numbers 6:2–3

    “Speak to the Israelites and tell them that if a man or woman makes a special vow, the vow of a Nazirite, to separate himself to the LORD,

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  • Judges 13:7

    But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and give birth to a son. Now, therefore, do not drink wine or strong drink, and do not eat anything unclean, because the boy will be a Nazirite to God from the womb until the day of his death.’”

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  • Leviticus 11:47

    You must distinguish between the unclean and the clean, between animals that may be eaten and those that may not.’”

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  • Acts 10:14

    “No, Lord!” Peter answered. “I have never eaten anything impure or unclean.”

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  • Leviticus 11:27

    All the four-footed animals that walk on their paws are unclean for you; whoever touches their carcasses will be unclean until evening,

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