Judges 13:3-4

13:3 The Lord’s angelic ¹  messenger appeared to the woman and said to her, “You ²  are infertile and childless, ³  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. ⁴ 

¹ tn The adjective “angelic” is interpretive (also in vv. 6, 9).

² tn Heb “Look, you.”

³ tn Heb “and have not given birth.”

⁴ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”