Discovery BoxJudges 13:8-12 
Context13:8 Manoah prayed to the Lord, 1 “Please, Lord, allow the man sent from God 2 to visit 3 us again, so he can teach 4 us how we should raise 5 the child who will be born.” 13:9 God answered Manoah’s prayer. 6 God’s angelic messenger visited 7 the woman again while she was sitting in the field. But her husband Manoah was not with her. 13:10 The woman ran at once and told her husband, 8 “Come quickly, 9 the man who visited 10 me the other day has appeared to me!” 13:11 So Manoah got up and followed his wife. When he met 11 the man, he said to him, “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” 12 He said, “Yes.” 13 13:12 Manoah said, “Now, when your announcement comes true, 14 how should the child be raised and what should he do?” 15
1 tn The Hebrew text adds “and said.” This has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
2 tn Heb “the man of God.”
3 tn Heb “come to.”
4 tc The LXX has “enlighten,” understanding the Hebrew to read וִיאִירֵנוּ (vi’irenu, “to give light”) rather than the reading of the MT, וְיוֹרֵנוּ (vÿyorenu, “to teach”).
5 tn Heb “what we should do for.”
6 tn Heb “God listened to the voice of Manoah.”
7 tn Heb “came to.”
8 tn Heb “and said to him.” This phrase has not been translated for stylistic reasons.
9 tn Heb “Look.”
10 tn Heb “came to.”
11 tn Heb “came to.”
12 tn Heb “the woman.”
13 tn Heb “I [am].”
14 tn Heb “Now, [when] your word comes [to pass].”
15 tn Heb “what will be the child’s rule [i.e., way of life] and his work?”
