“The angel of Adonai said to Manoach, ‘The woman should take care to do everything I said to her.  She shouldn’t eat anything that comes from a grapevine, she shouldn’t drink wine or other intoxicating liquor, and she shouldn’t eat anything unclean. She should do everything I ordered her to do.’”-Judges 13:13-14 There’s something interesting […]

“Then Manoach prayed to Adonai, ‘Please, Adonai, let the man of God you sent come again to us and teach us what we should do for the child who will be born.”‘”-Judges 13:8 Following on the heels of yesterday’s post, since Manoach’s wife didn’t get the name of the mysterious visitor who she had encountered, […]

“The woman came and told her husband; she said, ‘A man of God came to me; his face was fearsome, like that of the angel of God. I didn’t ask him where he came from, and he didn’t tell me his name‘.”-Judges 13:6 Yesterday, we explored the deeper meaning of the Hebrew word MAR’EH or […]

“‘For indeed you will conceive and bear a son. No razor is to touch his head, because the child will be a nazir for God from the womb. Moreover, he will begin to rescue Israel from the power of the Philistines.’ The woman came and told her husband; she said, ‘A man of God came […]

“There was a man from Tzor‘ah from the family of Dan, whose name was Manoach; his wife was barren, childless. The angel of Adonai appeared to the woman and said to her, “Listen! You are barren, you haven’t had a child, but you will conceive and bear a son.  Now, therefore, be careful not to […]