13:1 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord’s sight, 1 so the Lord handed them over to the Philistines for forty years.
13:2 There was a man named Manoah from Zorah, from the Danite tribe. His wife was infertile and childless. 2 13:3 The Lord’s angelic 3 messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You 4 are infertile and childless, 5 but you will conceive and have a son. 13:4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. 6
1 tn Heb “in the eyes of.”
2 tn Heb “and had not given birth.”
3 tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).
4 tn Heb “Look, you.”
5 tn Heb “and have not given birth.”
6 tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”