Judges 13:7

13:7 He said to me, ‘Look, you will conceive and have a son. ¹  So now, do not drink wine or beer and do not eat any food that will make you ritually unclean. ²  For the child will be dedicated ³  to God from birth till the day he dies.’”

Judges 13:14

13:14 She should not drink ⁴  anything that the grapevine produces. She must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat any food that will make her ritually unclean. ⁵  She should obey everything I commanded her to do.”

[13:7]  ¹ tn See the note on the word “son” in 13:5, where this same statement occurs.

[13:7]  ² tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”

[13:7]  ³ tn Traditionally “a Nazirite.”

[13:14]  ⁴ tn Heb “eat.”

[13:14]  ⁵ tn Heb “eat anything unclean.” Certain foods were regarded as ritually “unclean” (see Lev 11). Eating such food made one ritually “contaminated.”