Dual Panel1The Israelites <03478> <01121> again <03254> did <06213> evil <07451> in the Lord’s <03068> sight <05869>, so the Lord <03068> handed <03027> <05414> them over <03027> <05414> to the Philistines <06430> for forty <0705> years <08141>.
2There was <01961> a <0259> man <0376> named <08034> Manoah <04495> from Zorah <06881>, from the Danite <01839> tribe <04940>. His wife <0802> was infertile <06135> and childless <03205> <03808>.
3The Lord’s <03068> angelic messenger <04397> appeared <07200> to <0413> the woman <0802> and said <0559> to <0413> her, “You <0859> are infertile <06135> and childless <03205> <03808>, but you will conceive <02029> and have <03205> a son <01121>.
4Now <06258> be careful <08104>! Do not <0408> drink <08354> wine <03196> or beer <07941>, and do not <0408> eat <0398> any <03605> food that will make you ritually unclean <02931>.
5Look <02009>, you will conceive <02029> and have <03205> a son <01121>. You must never <03808> cut <05921> <05927> <04177> his hair <07218>, for <03588> the child <05288> will be <01961> dedicated <05139> to God <0430> from <04480> birth <0990>. He <01931> will begin <02490> to deliver <03467> Israel <03478> from the power <03027> of the Philistines <06430>.”
6The woman <0802> went <0935> and said <0559> to her husband <0376>, “A man <0376> sent from God <0430> came <0935> to <0413> me! He looked like <04758> God’s <0430> angelic messenger <04397>– he was very <03966> awesome <03372>. I did not <03808> ask <07592> him where <0335> he came from, and he <01931> did not <03808> tell <05046> me his name <08034>.
7He said <0559> to me, ‘Look <02009>, you will conceive <02029> and have <03205> a son <01121>. So now <06258>, do not <0408> drink <08354> wine <03196> or beer <07941> and do not <0408> eat <0398> any food <03605> that will make you ritually unclean <02932>. For <03588> the child <05288> will be <01961> dedicated <05139> to God <0430> from <04480> birth <0990> till <05704> the day <03117> he dies <04194>.’”
8Manoah <04495> prayed <06279> to <0413> the Lord <03068>, “Please <0994>, Lord <0136>, allow <04994> the man <0376> sent <07971> from God <0430> to visit <0935> us again <05750>, so he can teach <03384> us how <04100> we should raise <06213> the child <05288> who will be born <03205>.”
9God <0430> answered <08085> Manoah’s <04495> prayer <06963>. God’s <0430> angelic messenger <04397> visited <0935> the woman <0802> again <05750> while she was sitting <03427> in the field <07704>. But her husband <0376> Manoah <04495> was not <0369> with <05973> her.
10The woman <0802> ran <07323> at once <04116> and told <05046> her husband <0376>, “Come quickly <02009>, the man <0376> who <0834> visited <0935> me the other day <03117> has appeared <07200> to <0413> me!”
11So Manoah <04495> got up <06965> and followed <0310> <01980> his wife <0802>. When he met <0935> the man <0376>, he said <0559> to him, “Are you <0859> the man <0376> who <0834> spoke <01696> to <0413> my wife <0802>?” He said <0559>, “Yes.”
12Manoah <04495> said <0559>, “Now <06258>, when your announcement <01697> comes <0935> true, how <04100> should the child <05288> be raised <04941> <01961> and what should he do <04639>?”
13The Lord’s <03069> messenger <04397> told <0559> Manoah <04495>, “Your wife <0802> should pay attention <08104> to everything <03605> I told <0559> her.
14She should not <03808> drink <0398> anything <03605> that <0834> the grapevine <01612> produces <03318>. She must not <0408> drink <08354> wine <03196> or beer <07941>, and she must not <0408> eat <0398> any <03605> food that will make her ritually unclean <02932>. She should obey <08104> everything <03605> I commanded <06680> her to do.”
15Manoah <04495> said <0559> to <0413> the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397>, “Please <04994> stay <06113> here awhile, so we can prepare <06213> a young goat <05795> <01423> for you to eat.”
16The Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> said <0559> to <0413> Manoah <04495>, “If <0518> I stay <06113>, I will not <03808> eat <0398> your food <03899>. But if <0518> you want to make <06213> a burnt sacrifice <05930> to the Lord <03068>, you should offer <05927> it.” (He said this because <03588> Manoah <04495> did not <03808> know <03045> that <03588> he <01931> was the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397>.)
17Manoah <04495> said <0559> to <0413> the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397>, “Tell us your name <08034>, so <03588> we can honor <03513> you when your announcement <01697> comes <0935> true.”
18The Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> said <0559> to him, “You should not ask <07592> me my name <08034>, because you cannot comprehend <06383> it <01931>.”
19Manoah <04495> took <03947> a young <01423> goat <05795> and a grain offering <04503> and offered <05927> them on <05921> a rock <06697> to the Lord <03068>. The Lord’s messenger did <06213> an amazing <06381> thing as Manoah <04495> and his wife <0802> watched <07200>.
20As the flame <03851> went up <05927> from <05921> the altar <04196> toward the sky <08064>, the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> went up <05927> in it <04196> <03851> while Manoah <04495> and his wife <0802> watched <07200>. They fell <05307> facedown <06440> <05921> to the ground <0776>.
21The Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397> did not <03808> appear <07200> again <05750> <03254> to <0413> <0413> Manoah <04495> and his <01931> wife <0802>. After all this happened Manoah <04495> realized <03045> that <03588> the visitor had been the Lord’s <03068> messenger <04397>.
22Manoah <04495> said <0559> to <0413> his wife <0802>, “We will certainly die <04191> <04191>, because <03588> we have seen <07200> a supernatural being <0430>!”
23But his wife <0802> said <0559> to him, “If <03863> the Lord <03068> wanted <02654> to kill <04191> us, he would not <03808> have accepted <03947> the burnt offering <05930> and the grain offering <04503> from <03027> us. He would not <03808> have shown <07200> us all <03605> these things <0428>, or <03808> have spoken <08085> to us like this <02063> just now.”
24Manoah’s wife <0802> gave birth <03205> to a son <01121> and named <08034> <07121> him Samson <08123>. The child <05288> grew <01431> and the Lord <03068> empowered <01288> him.
25The Lord’s <03068> spirit <07307> began <02490> to control <06470> him in Mahaneh <04264> Dan <01835> between <0996> Zorah <06881> and Eshtaol <0847>.