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Judges 13:8-14 New International Reader's Version (NIRV)

8. Then Manoah prayed to the Lord. He said, "Lord, I beg you to let the man of God you sent to us come again. He told us we would have a son. We want the man of God to teach us how to bring up the boy."

9. God heard Manoah. And the angel of God came again to the woman. He came while she was out in the field. But her husband Manoah wasn't with her.

10. The woman hurried to her husband. She told him, "He's here! The man who appeared to me the other day is here!"

11. Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he came to the man, he spoke to him. He said, "Are you the one who talked to my wife?" "I am," he replied.

12. So Manoah asked him, "What will happen when your words come true? What rules should we follow for the boy's life and work?"

13. The angel of the Lord answered him. He said, "Your wife must do everything I have told her to do.

14. She must not eat anything that comes from grapevines. She must not drink any kind of wine. She must not eat anything that is 'unclean.' She must do everything I have commanded her to do."

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