Judges 13:14
Good News Translation
She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine; she must not drink any wine or beer, or eat any forbidden food. She must do everything that I have told her."

New Revised Standard Version
She may not eat of anything that comes from the vine. She is not to drink wine or strong drink, or eat any unclean thing. She is to observe everything that I commanded her.”

Contemporary English Version
"She must not eat or drink anything made from grapes. She must not drink wine or beer or eat anything forbidden by God's laws. I told her exactly what to do."

New American Bible
She must not eat anything that comes from the vine, she must not drink wine or beer, and she must not eat anything unclean. Let her observe all that I have commanded her.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe.

neither

Judges 13:4 Now therefore beware, and drink no wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing.

all that I

Deuteronomy 12:32 What I command thee, that only do thou to the Lord: neither add any thing, nor diminish.

Matthew 28:20 Teaching them to observe all things whatsoever I have commanded you. And behold I am with you all days, even to the consummation of the world.

John 2:5 His mother saith to the waiters: Whatsoever he shall say to you, do ye.

John 15:14 You are my friends, if you do the things that I command you.

2 Thessalonians 3:4 And we have confidence concerning you in the Lord that the things which we command, you both do and will do.

Context
The Birth of Samson
13And the angel of the Lord said to Manue: From all the things I have spoken of to thy wife, let her refrain herself: 14And let her eat nothing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: and whatsoever I have commanded her, let her fulfil and observe.15And Manue said to the angel of the Lord: I beseech thee to consent to my request, and let us dress a kid for thee.…
Cross References
Numbers 6:4
All the days that they are consecrated to the Lord by vow: they shall eat nothing that cometh of the vineyard, from the raisin even to the kernel.

Jeremiah 35:6
And they answered : We will not drink wine: because Jonadab the son of Rechab, our father, commanded us, saying: You shall drink no wine, neither you, nor your children, for ever:

Judges 13:13
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