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There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless.[a] The angel of the Lord appeared to the woman and said to her, “You[b] are infertile and childless,[c] but you will conceive and have a son. Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean.[d]

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  1. Judges 13:2 tn Heb “and had not given birth.”
  2. Judges 13:3 tn Heb “Look, you.”
  3. Judges 13:3 tn Heb “and have not given birth.”
  4. Judges 13:4 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”