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Judges 13:7

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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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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

but he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing; for the child shall be a Nazirite unto God from the womb to the day of his death.

KJV

But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

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This verse in Judges 13

Commentary

1 note on this verse

This site's exposition

the woman came and told

on Judges 13:6-7

She calls him a man of God with the countenance of an angel of God, very terrible, and says she did not ask where he came from and that he gave no name. Verse 18 shows the name would have been refused if she had asked. Her report adds a clause the angel did not speak at verse 5, to the day of his death, which fixes the vow as lifelong, and it leaves out the razor and the deliverance of Israel. Whether she was told more than verse 5 records or drew the conclusion herself, the text does not say.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • וַיֹּ֣אמֶרand he said

    vaiyomerH559 →5305 times

  • לִ֔יto <the> me

    li

  • הִנָּ֥ךְhere you

    hinakhH2009 →843 times

  • הָרָ֖ה[will be] pregnant

    harahH2030 →

  • וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּand you will bear

    veyoladtH3205 →496 times

  • בֵּ֑ןa son

    benH1121 →4930 times

  • וְעַתָּ֞הand therefore

    veatahH6258 →433 times

  • אַל־may not

    ʾal-H408 →724 times

  • תִּשְׁתִּ֣י׀you drink

    tishtiH8354 →217 times

  • יַ֣יִןwine

    yayinH3196 →141 times

  • וְשֵׁכָ֗רand strong drink

    veshekharH7941 →23 times

  • וְאַל־and may not

    veal-H408 →724 times

  • תֹּֽאכְלִי֙you eat

    tokheliH398 →810 times

  • כָּל־any

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • טֻמְאָ֔הuncleanness

    tumahH2932 →

  • כִּֽי־for

    ki-H3588 →4482 times

  • נְזִ֤ירa Nazirite of

    nezirH5139 →16 times

  • אֱלֹהִים֙God

    ʾelohimH430 →2601 times

  • יִהְיֶ֣הhe will be

    yihyehH1961 →3559 times

  • הַנַּ֔עַרthe lad

    hanaarH5288 →239 times

  • מִן־from

    min-H4480 →1188 times

  • הַבֶּ֖טֶןthe womb

    habetenH990 →72 times

  • עַד־until

    ʾad-H5704 →1261 times

  • י֥וֹם[the] day of

    yomH3117 →2304 times

  • מוֹתֽוֹ׃ פdeath his

    motoH4194 →156 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

5 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Judges 13:4Now please be careful not to drink wine or strong drink, and not to eat anything unclean.4 worksJeremiah 35:6“We do not drink wine,” they replied, “for our forefather Jonadab son of Rechab commanded us, ‘Neither you nor your descendants are ever to drink wine.4 worksMatthew 19:14But Jesus said, “Let the little children come to Me, and do not hinder them! For the kingdom of heaven belongs to such as these.”4 worksJudges 13:14She 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.”2 worksLamentations 4:7Her dignitaries were brighter than snow, whiter than milk; their bodies were more ruddy than rubies, their appearance like sapphires.2 works

The walk

5 stops

Each 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

    Judges 13:4

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

    it leads to

    • 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.

    • 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.”

    • 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,

    • Leviticus 11:47

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

    • 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,

Where this verse is studied

About Judges

The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
The Death of Samson — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Judges: the study guide →Read Judges 13 →

This page draws on John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Keil and Delitzsch, Biblical Commentary on the Old Testament: Joshua, Judges, Ruth.

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