Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Judges 13:7
But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
But he said unto me, behold, thou shalt conceive and bear a son,…. She says nothing of her barrenness, which the angel took notice of to her, that having been to her reproach:
and now drink no wine nor strong drink; neither new wine nor old wine; so the Targum as before:
neither eat any unclean thing; which was so in a ceremonial sense; otherwise every creature of God is good, and not to be called common or unclean; it here respects what was forbidden Nazarites to eat; see
Jud 13:4
for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb; it is here added, what is not before expressed,
unto his death; for he was to be a perpetual Nazarite; some were only Nazarites for a time, for so many days or months, according to their vow; but this son was to be a Nazarite all his days, by the appointment of God; nor is it any objection to what is here said, that his hair was cut off before his death, which caused his Nazariteship to cease; since these words are not a prophecy, but a precept; and besides, that affair happened but a little before his death, he died quickly afterwards.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
(7) The child shall be a Nazarite.Comp. Luk. 1:15. Since Samuel was also a Nazarite, we see that the distress of the people had led mothers to meditate on the old law of life-dedication to God. In Samsons case this vow was imposed on him from his birth, perhaps to teach the Israelites a moral lesson. Other Nazarites were John the Baptist and James, the Lords brother. It is not impossible that Joseph was a Nazarite, for in Gen. 49:26 this word is used, though in the English Version it is rendered separated from his brethren. The order was highly valued in later days (Lam. 4:7; Amo. 2:11).
Fuente: Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers (Old and New Testaments)
“ But he said to me, ‘Behold, you will conceive and bear a son, and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean thing, for the child shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.’ ”
All she could do was repeat the message given to her, that she must herself refrain from wine and strong drink, and was to bear a child who was to be a lifelong Nazirite. That Samson failed in this stressed the greatness of his sin, for which he paid heavily. But God in His mercy ensured that his hair grew again and partially renewed his Naziriteship on the day of his death.
Fuente: Commentary Series on the Bible by Peter Pett
Jdg 13:7 But he said unto me, Behold, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, neither eat any unclean [thing]: for the child shall be a Nazarite to God from the womb to the day of his death.
Ver. 7. Behold, thou shalt conceive. ] Had her husband been jealous, as Josephus wrongfully reporteth him, she would hardly have told him this story. But had not she been barren, the angel had not now been sent to her. Afflictions to the saints are advantageous.
From the womb to the day of his death.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Reciprocal: Jer 35:6 – Ye shall Lam 4:7 – Nazarites Mat 19:14 – Suffer