Judges 13:4

13:4 Now be careful! Do not drink wine or beer, and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ¹ 

Judges 13:7

13:7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. ²  So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ³  For the child will be dedicated ⁴  to God from birth till the day he dies.’”

[13:4]  ¹ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”

[13:7]  ² tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.

[13:7]  ³ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”

[13:7]  ⁴ tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”