Judges 13:3

Angel of the Lord] cp. Judges 2:1; Judges 6:11.

4, 5. Wine nor strong drink] These are forbidden to the Nazirites (Numbers 6:3), and here to the mother of the future Nazirite: cp. also Amos 2:12. Unclean] regarded as unfit for food: we may compare our English attitude to horseflesh. No razor] In Numbers 6 the 'Nazirite,' or religious devotee, is under restrictions only for a time; he takes the condition on himself voluntarily; at the close of the period he cuts off his hair and devotes it to God (cp. Acts 18:18). Here the state begins before birth, and is to last till death. Samson himself does not appear to abstain from wine (Judges 14:10). Nothing is here said of the connexion between Samson's hair and his strength.