5for behold, you shall conceive and bear a son. No razor shall come upon his head, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb, and he shall begin to save Israel from the hand of the Philistines.”b
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Judges 13 introduces Samson's miraculous birth, a pivotal moment in Israel's cycle of apostasy and deliverance. After forty years of Philistine oppression, an angel announces to a barren couple, Manoah and his wife, that they will have a son who will begin to rescue Israel. The angel provides specific instructions for the child's upbringing as a Nazirite, setting the stage for Samson's unique, yet ultimately tragic, role as a judge.
