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Verse Judges 13:4. _BEWARE - DRINK NOT WINE_] As Samson was designed
to be a _Nazarite from the womb_, it was necessary that, while his
mother carried and nursed him, _she_ should live the life of a...
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6. SIXTH DECLENSION: UNDER THE PHILISTINES AND SAMSON
CHAPTER 13
_ 1. Israel delivered to the Philistines (Judges 13:1)_
2. Manoah and his wife (Judges 13:2)
3. Samson born (Judges 13:24)
The sixt...
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THE BIRTH OF SAMSON.
Judges 13:1. D's usual introduction.
Judges 13:2. Zorah (p. 31) is now Sar-' a, 800 ft. above the valley of
Sorek (Wady es-Surâ r), 17 m. W. of Jerusalem. In Joshua 15:33 and...
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DRINK. Compare Numbers 6:2; Numbers 6:3....
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The mother during the time of pregnancy is to observe certain
ceremonial restrictions (Judges 13:7_; Judges 13:14_); she is to live
in a state of consecration, in order that her child may be consecrat...
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NOW, THEREFORE, BEWARE, &C.— As Samson was to be a perfect _Nazarite
unto God, from the womb to the day of his death,_ Joshua 13:7 his
mother is commanded to live as the Nazarites did, (Numbers 6.) wh...
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Samson of Dan Judges 13:1 to Judges 16:31
_The Birth of Samson Judges 13:1-25_
And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the Lord;
and the Lord delivered them into the hand of the Phi...
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_NOW THEREFORE BEWARE, I PRAY THEE, AND DRINK NOT WINE NOR STRONG
DRINK, AND EAT NOT ANY UNCLEAN THING:_
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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THE STORY OF SAMSON
Except for Judges 15:20 and Judges 16:31, Samson has none of the
characteristics of a Judge. His exploits against the Philistines are
all solitary, and though they doubtless afford...
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LIFE WITHOUT LAW
JUDGES
_PHILIP SMITH_
CHAPTER 13
In total, there were 12 judges in the book called Judges. Samson was
the last one. The story about him shows that matters had got much
worse. Peo...
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DRINK NOT WINE. — The mother is to share for a time in part of the
Nazarite vow.
STRONG DRINK. — _Sheekar_ (LXX., _Sikera_) means _intoxicating
liquor not made from grapes_ (Luke 1:15).
EAT NOT ANY U...
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THE ANGEL IN THE FIELD
Judges 13:1
IN our ignorance not in our knowledge, in our blindness not in our
light, we call nature secular and think of the ordinary course of
events as a series of cold oper...
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THE PROMISE OF A NAZARITE CHAMPION
Judges 13:1
The secret of Samson's strength was a puzzle to his contemporaries.
Even Delilah could not account for it, Judges 16:5. Clearly, then, it
did not depend...
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Once again we read that "Israel again did that which was evil," and
once again they were delivered to discipline at the hands of their
enemies. In this connection we have one of the strangest stories...
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Thomas says Zorah was on the border of Dan and Judah, which was close
to the area the Philistines occupied. Interestingly, Dan means "a
judge" and Jacob had foretold Dan would judge his people (Genesi...
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Thing. Exhortations to observe the law are not unnecessary. (St.
Augustine, q. 50.) Besides the things which common people might take,
such as wine, grapes, &c., were unclean for the Nazarites. The mo...
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There is somewhat peculiarly interesting in the law of the Nazarites.
The separation, or the being sanctified, and set apart to the Lord,
carried with it a matter of great moment. And hence Moses appr...
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My object being no more than a sketch, as most of you know, I desire
to say but a few words on such of the Chapter s as bear a similar
character to that which has been already pointed out in the early...
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Samson, as a type, sets before us the principle of Nazariteship,
entire separation to God, the source of strength in conflict with our
enemies, looked at as enemies who seek to gain the upper hand amo...
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NOW THEREFORE BEWARE, I PRAY THEE, AND DRINK NOT WINE NOR STRONG
DRINK,.... Any liquor inebriating and intoxicating, neither new wine
nor old wine, as the Targum, and so Jarchi; the reason of this app...
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Now therefore beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, and eat not any unclean [thing]:
Ver. 4. _Now therefore beware, I pray thee._] Since he must draw
nourishment from thee, both i...
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_Now therefore beware_ She was to conform to the manner of life
observed by the Nazarites, while she carried her infant in her womb,
and perhaps while she nursed him; because, as it follows in the nex...
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1 Israel is in the hand of the Philistines.
2 An Angel appeareth to Manoahs wife.
8 The Angel appeareth to Manoah.
15 Manoahs sacrifice, whereby the Angel is discouered.
24 Samson is borne.
1 AND...
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THE FIRST APPEARANCE OF THE ANGEL...
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Now, therefore, beware, I pray thee, and drink not wine nor strong
drink, the latter being a very intoxicating beverage usually made of
barley, dates, and honey, AND EAT NOT ANY UNCLEAN THING, Levitic...
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AMSON'S BIRTH PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED
(vv. 1-25)
After this, because of Israel's further disobedience, the Lord brought
them under bondage to the Philistines for forty long years (v. 1). In
this case...
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1-7 Israel did evil: then God delivered them again into the hands of
the Philistines. When Israel was in this distress, Samson was born.
His parents had been long childless. Many eminent persons were...
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BEWARE, I PRAY THEE; because the child was to be a Nazarite from the
womb, JUDGES 13:5, and from the conception; and because the mother's
pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from this time...
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Judges 13:4 careful H8104 (H8734) drink H8354 (H8799) wine H3196 drink
H7941 eat H398 (H8799) unclean...
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‘Now therefore beware, I pray you, and drink no wine nor strong
drink, and do not eat any unclean thing. For, lo, you will conceive
and bear a son, and no razor shall come on his head, for the child
s...
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Judges 13:16
I. We must first ask what principles, regarding the way in which God
works deliverance for man, were taught by Samson. (1) The first
principle impressed on the minds of his contemporaries...
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CONTENTS: Parents of Samson and Samson's birth.
CHARACTERS: God, Angel (Jesus), Holy Spirit, Manoah.
CONCLUSION: A promise is given to try our faith and a precept to try
our obedience for God requir...
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Judges 13:1. _Forty years._ There are no exact dates of the
commencement and termination of this servitude. Therefore to harmonize
it with the four hundred and eighty years from the going out of Egypt...
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_Manoah; and his wife._
THE ANGELIC APPEARANCES TO MANOAH AND HIS WIFE
I. The unknown visitor. Manoah’s wife was just the woman to be
visited by an angel--bold, energetic, large-hearted, believing....
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JUDGES—NOTE ON JUDGES 13:1__ Samson was the twelfth and last judge.
He lived around the beginning of the eleventh century B.C., about 50
years before Saul became king. His physical strength was unpara...
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NEW OPPRESSORS AND A NEW DELIVERER
In fixing the date at which Samson appeared, it must be remembered
that great diversity of opinion exists, as to the exact chronology of
the whole period between the...
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EXPOSITION
JUDGES 13:1
DID EVIL AGAIN. It by no means follows from this phrase that this
chapter is in direct chronological sequence to the preceding The scene
is shifted to the tribe of Dan, and to...
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[Now, again] The children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the
LORD; and the LORD delivered them into the hands of the Philistines
for forty years. There was a certain man from Zorah, he was o...
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Acts 10:14; Judges 13:14; Leviticus 11:27; Leviticus 11:47; Luke 1:15
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Beware — Because the child was to be a Nazarite from the womb,
Judges 13:5, and from the conception; and because the mother's
pollution extends to the child, she is enjoined from this time to
observe...