Day 22: Judges 13

Judges 13

AGAIN the Israelites did evil. So God allowed them to be oppressed yet again.

Are you seeing a pattern here?

This time God is going to deliver His people through a child born to a woman who could not have children without a miracle.

These people really trust God in His promise and even ask that He show them how to properly raise the baby.

God tells them that the baby is to be a Nazirite.

From Wikipedia, we find that a Nazirite must follow these rules:

1. Don't drink any alcohol (not even while in the womb! Samson's mom cannot drink alcohol)
2. Don't cut the hair on your head
3. Don't become impure by touching any dead bodies (even a family member that may have passed away)

Normally a Nazirite chooses to become a Nazirite, but here, God has set Samson aside before he has even been born.

What do you think life would have been like for you if you had to follow these rules from the day you were born?

Tomorrow's Reading: Judges 16