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But the olive-tree said to them, Should I leave my fatness, which by me they honor God and men, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

And the vine said to them, Should I leave my new wine, which cheers God and men, and go to wave to and fro over the trees?

And God sent an evil spirit between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech:

And they went out into the field, and gathered their vineyards, and trod [the grapes], and held a festival, and went into the house of their god, and ate and drank, and cursed Abimelech.

Thus God returned the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in slaying his seventy brothers;

and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God return on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

And the sons of Israel cried to Yahweh, saying, We have sinned against you, even because we have forsaken our God, and have served the Baalim.

And Yahweh, the God of Israel, delivered Sihon and all his people into the hand of Israel, and they smote them: so Israel possessed all the land of the Amorites, the inhabitants of that country.

So now Yahweh, the God of Israel, has dispossessed the Amorites from before his people Israel, and should you possess them?

Will not you possess that which Chemosh your god gives you to possess? So whoever Yahweh our God has dispossessed from before us, them we will possess.

for, look, you shall become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and no razor shall come on his head; for the lad shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb: and he shall begin to save Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.

Then the woman came and told her husband, saying, A man of God came to me, and his countenance was like the countenance of the angel of God, very awesome; and I did not ask him from where he was, neither did he tell me his name:

but he said to me, Look, you shall become pregnant, and give birth to a son; and now drink no wine nor strong drink, and don't eat any unclean thing; for the lad shall be a Nazirite to God from the womb to the day of his death.

Then Manoah entreated Yahweh, and said, Oh, Lord, I pray you, let the man of God whom you sent come again to us, and teach us what we shall do to the lad that shall be born.

And God listened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again to the woman as she sat in the field: but her husband Manoah wasn't with her.

And Manoah said to his wife, We shall surely die, because we have seen God.

But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he drank, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.

And he told her all his heart, and said to her, A razor has not come on my head; for I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother's womb: if I were shaved, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like one of man.

And the lords of the Philistines gathered together to offer a great sacrifice to Dagon their god, and to rejoice; for they said, Our god has delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

And when the people saw him, they praised their god; for they said, Our god has delivered into our hand our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, who has slain many of us.