Judges 13:14
in Judges 13She 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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ASV
She may not eat of anything that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; all that I commanded her let her observe.
KJV
She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.
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This verse in Judges 13
Commentary
5 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Compare Num 6:4. In both passages the vine is described by the somewhat unusual though more accurate term, “vine of the wine” - the grape-bearing vine - to distinguish it from the wild cucumber vine 2Ki 4:39, or other plants to which the name vine was applied.
This site's exposition
So Manoah got up and followed his wife
on Judges 13:11-14
Manoah asks for the boy's “rule of life and mission”, and the angel points him back to his wife. Everything said to Manoah repeats what was said to her, and the charge stays on her. The ban on “anything that comes from the vine” follows Numbers 6:4.
This site's exposition
anything that comes from the vine
Anything that comes from the vine reaches past wine and strong drink to the fruit itself. Albert Barnes notes that the Hebrew, as at Numbers 6:4, names the vine that bears grapes for wine. Matthew Henry reads it as distance from sin.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
She may not eat of anything that cometh from the vine,.... Grapes moist or dried, kernels, or husks, or anything made of them: neither let her drink wine, or strong drink; as she was to be careful to abstain from such liquors, so her husband also is enjoined not to suffer her to drink any: nor eat any unclean thing; which was so by the law of Moses, and particularly by the law of the Nazarites: all that I commanded her, let her observe; both with respect to herself and the child.
Those that would preserve themselves pure must keep at a distance from that which borders upon sin or leads to it. When she was with child of a Nazarite, she must not eat any unclean thing; so those in whom Christ is formed must carefully cleanse themselves from all filthiness of flesh and spirit, and do nothing to the prejudice of that new man.
The words behind it
19 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| מִכֹּ֣ל | mikol | any of all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| יֵצֵא֩ | yetze' | it comes forth | H3318 → | 1067 times |
| מִגֶּ֨פֶן | migefen | from [the] vine of | H1612 → | 55 times |
| הַיַּ֜יִן | haiyayin | the wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תֹאכַ֗ל | tokhal | she will eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| וְיַ֤יִן | veyayin | and wine | H3196 → | 141 times |
| וְשֵׁכָר֙ | veshekhar | and strong drink | H7941 → | 23 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תֵּ֔שְׁתְּ | teshet | she drink | H8354 → | 217 times |
| וְכָל־ | vekhol | and any | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| טֻמְאָ֖ה | tumah | uncleanness | H2932 → | |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| תֹּאכַ֑ל | tokhal | she eat | H398 → | 810 times |
| כֹּ֥ל | kol | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| אֲשֶׁר־ | ʾasher- | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| צִוִּיתִ֖יהָ | tzivitiha | I commanded her | H6680 → | 494 times |
| תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃ | tishmor | she will keep | H8104 → | 468 times |
מִכֹּ֣לany of all
mikolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
יֵצֵא֩it comes forth
yetze'H3318 →1067 times
מִגֶּ֨פֶןfrom [the] vine of
migefenH1612 →55 times
הַיַּ֜יִןthe wine
haiyayinH3196 →141 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תֹאכַ֗לshe will eat
tokhalH398 →810 times
וְיַ֤יִןand wine
veyayinH3196 →141 times
וְשֵׁכָר֙and strong drink
veshekharH7941 →23 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תֵּ֔שְׁתְּshe drink
teshetH8354 →217 times
וְכָל־and any
vekholH3605 →5413 times
טֻמְאָ֖הuncleanness
tumahH2932 →
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
תֹּאכַ֑לshe eat
tokhalH398 →810 times
כֹּ֥לall
kolH3605 →5413 times
אֲשֶׁר־that
ʾasher-H834 →5497 times
צִוִּיתִ֖יהָI commanded her
tzivitihaH6680 →494 times
תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃she will keep
tishmorH8104 →468 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
John 2:5His mother said to the servants, “Do whatever He tells you.”
it leads to
- Genesis 6:22
So Noah did everything precisely as God had commanded him.
- John 15:14
You are My friends if you do what I command you.
- Hebrews 11:8
By faith Abraham, when called to go to a place he would later receive as his inheritance, obeyed and went, without knowing where he was going.
- Luke 5:5–6
“Master,” Simon replied, “we have worked hard all night without catching anything. But because You say so, I will let down the nets.”
- Genesis 6:22
Through
John 15:14You are My friends if you do what I command you.
it leads to
- Matthew 12:50
For whoever does the will of My Father in heaven is My brother and sister and mother.”
- 1 John 5:3
For this is the love of God, that we keep His commandments. And His commandments are not burdensome,
- James 2:23
And the Scripture was fulfilled that says, “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness,” and he was called a friend of God.
- Matthew 12:50
Through
Deuteronomy 12:32See that you do everything I command you; do not add to it or subtract from it.
it leads to
- Deuteronomy 4:2
You must not add to or subtract from what I command you, so that you may keep the commandments of the LORD your God that I am giving you.
- Deuteronomy 4:2
Where this verse is studied
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About Judges
This page draws on Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.