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The Strictness of the Vow
Commentators explain that the angel's instructions closely mirror the strict Nazarite vow detailed in Numbers 6. The prohibition was comprehensive, forbidding not just wine but anything from the grapevine, 'from the kernels even to the husk.' This extreme level of separation highlights the profound and unique dedication of Samson to God's purpose, beginning even before his birth.
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Albert Barnes
On Judges 13:14
18th Century
Theologian
Compare Numbers 6:4. In both passages the vine is described by the somewhat unusual though more accurate term, “vine of the wine”—the grape-bearing…
Charles Ellicott
On Judges 13:14
19th Century
Bishop
The object of this message seems to have been only to give certainty to Manoah.
Anything that comes from the vine. —In Numbe…
John Gill
On Judges 13:14
17th Century
Pastor
She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine ,
&c.] Grapes moist or dried, kernels, or husks, or anything ma…
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Matthew Henry
On Judges 13:8–14
17th Century
Minister
Blessed are those who have not seen, and yet, like Manoah, have believed. Good men are more careful and eager to know the duty they are to do, than…