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Then Manoah pleaded with the LORD and said, "Lord, please let ^(C1)the man of God whom You have sent come to us again so that he may teach us what we are to do for the boy who is to be born."

And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and ^(C1)the angel of God came again to the woman as she was sitting in the field, but Manoah her husband was not with her.

So the woman hurried and ran, and told her ^(F1)husband, "Behold, ^(C1)the man who ^(F2)came the other day has appeared to me!"

So Manoah got up and followed his wife, and when he came to the man he said to him, "Are you ^(C1)the man who spoke to the woman?" And he said, "I am."

Then Manoah said, "Now when your words ^(F1)are fulfilled, what shall be the boy's way of life and his vocation?"

And ^(C1)the angel of the LORD said to Manoah, "^(C2)The woman shall pay attention ^(F1)to all that I said.

"She shall not eat anything that comes from the ^(C1)vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; she shall keep all that I commanded."