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Judges 13:8
Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

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Judges 13:1
And the children of Israel again did evil in the eyes of the Lord; and the Lord gave them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.

Judges 13:2
Now there was a certain man of Zorah of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah; and his wife had never given birth to a child.

Judges 13:3
And the angel of the Lord came to the woman, and said to her, See now! though you have never given birth to children, you will be with child and give birth to a son.

Judges 13:4
Now then take care to have no wine or strong drink and to take no unclean thing for food;

Judges 13:5
For you are with child and will give birth to a son; his hair is never to be cut, for the child is to be separate to God from his birth; and he will take up the work of freeing Israel from the hands of the Philistines.

Judges 13:6
Then the woman came in, and said to her husband, A man came to me, and his form was like the form of a god, causing great fear; I put no question to him about where he came from, and he did not give me his name;

Judges 13:7
But he said to me, You are with child and will give birth to a son; and now do not take any wine or strong drink or let anything unclean be your food; for the child will be separate to God from his birth to the day of his death.

Judges 13:8
Then Manoah made prayer to the Lord, and said, O Lord, let the man of God whom you sent come to us again and make clear to us what we are to do for the child who is to come.

Judges 13:9
And God gave ear to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came to the woman again when she was seated in the field; but her husband Manoah was not with her.

Judges 13:10
So the woman, running quickly, gave her husband the news, saying, I have seen the man who came to me the other day.

Judges 13:11
And Manoah got up and went after his wife, and came up to the man and said to him, Are you the man who was talking to this woman? And he said, I am.

Judges 13:12
And Manoah said, Now when your words come true, what is to be the rule for the child and what will be his work?

Judges 13:13
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Let the woman take note of what I have said to her.

Judges 13:14
She is to have nothing which comes from the vine for her food, and let her take no wine or strong drink or anything which is unclean; let her take care to do all I have given her orders to do.

Judges 13:15
And Manoah said to the angel of the Lord, Now let us keep you while we make ready a young goat for you.

Judges 13:16
And the angel of the Lord said to Manoah, Though you keep me I will not take of your food; but if you will make a burned offering, let it be offered to the Lord. For it had not come into Manoah's mind that he was the angel of the Lord.

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Genesis 18:19
For I have made him mine so that he may give orders to his children and those of his line after him, to keep the ways of the Lord, to do what is good and right: so that the Lord may do to Abraham as he has said.

Genesis 27:26
And his father Isaac said to him, Come near now, my son, and give me a kiss.

Genesis 27:27
And he came near and gave him a kiss; and smelling the smell of his clothing, he gave him a blessing, and said, See, the smell of my son is like the smell of a field on which the blessing of the Lord has come:

Genesis 35:2
Then Jacob said to all his people, Put away the strange gods which are among you, and make yourselves clean, and put on a change of clothing:

1 Kings 2:1
Now the time of David's death came near; and he gave orders to Solomon his son, saying,

1 Kings 2:2
I am going the way of all the earth: so be strong and be a man;

1 Kings 2:3
And keep the orders of the Lord your God, walking in his ways, keeping his laws and his orders and his rules and his words, as they are recorded in the law of Moses; so that you may do well in all you do and wherever you go,

1 Kings 2:4
So that the Lord may give effect to what he said of me, If your children give attention to their ways, living uprightly before me with all their heart and their soul, you will never be without a man to be king in Israel.

Luke 1:67
And his father, Zacharias, was full of the Holy Spirit, and with the voice of a prophet said these words:

Acts 10:2
A serious-minded man, fearing God with all his family; he gave much money to the poor, and made prayer to God at all times.

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Isaiah 30:1
Ho! uncontrolled children, says the Lord, who give effect to a purpose which is not mine, and who make an agreement, but not by my spirit, increasing their sin:

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Acts 9:6
But get up, and go into the town, and it will be made clear to you what you have to do.

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