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**children** = sons.
**did evil again** = Hebrew added to commit.
**evil.** Hebrew. *ra'a'.* App-44 .
**the LORD.** Hebrew. *Jehovah.* App-4 .
**forty years.** 1120-1080.

**man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-4 .

**the Angel** = Messenger. From verses: [Judges 13:18](../../../kjv/judges/13/18) , [Judges 13:19](../../../kjv/judges/13/19) , [Judges 13:22](../../../kjv/judges/13/22) , the same that appeared to Gideon ([Judges 6:12](../../../kjv/judges/6/12) ).

**drink.** Compare [Numbers 6:2](../../../kjv/numbers/6/2) , [Numbers 6:3](../../../kjv/numbers/6/3) .

**lo.** Figure of speech *Asterismos.* App-6 .
**the child.** Hebrew. *na'ar.*
**a Nazarite unto God** = one separate unto Elohim.

**A Man.** Hebrew. *'ish.* App-14 . This was according to the woman's apprehension.
**God.** Hebrew. *Elohim.* App-4 .
**countenance** = appearance.
**terrible** = awe-inspiring.

**my LORD*** = ' *Ad* ona*. Should be "Jehovah". This is one of the 134 changes indicated in the *Massorah.* App-32 .

**God** = The God: *ha-'Elohim.* App-4 .
**came.** Some codices, with three early printed editions, read "appeared".

**And.** Note the Figure of speech *Polysyndeton* ( App-6 ) in this verse.

**How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him?** Hebrew "What shall be the rule of (Genitive of relation = concerning) the boy, and what shall be his work? "

**commanded** = forbade. The verb *zivvah* is a Homonym here and [Deuteronomy 4:23](../../../kjv/deuteronomy/4/23) , where it is correctly rendered "forbid". Elsewhere "command".

**a kid** = a kid of the goats.

**bread.** Figure of speech *Synecdoche* (of Species). App-6 . Put for all kinds of food.
**offer** = prepare. App-43 .
**offer it** = cause it to ascend. App-43 .

**secret.** Hebrew wonderful. Same as [Isaiah 9:6](../../../kjv/isaiah/9/6) .

**wonderously** = a wonderful thing.

**the flame went up.** See note on [Genesis 4:4](../../../kjv/genesis/4/4) .
**the altar.** The rock is deemed the altar.

**received.** It is the acceptance of our Substitute by God which saves, not our acceptance of Him. This was sound reasoning.

**called his name** = called him. Figure of speech *Pleonasm.* App-6 .
**grew.** Israel waited twenty years for deliverance. Compare [Judges 15:20](../../../kjv/judges/15/20) ; [Judges 16:31](../../../kjv/judges/16/31) .

**the Spirit.** Hebrew. *ruach.* App-9 .
**began.** They had yet to wait. Compare [Judges 15:20](../../../kjv/judges/15/20) .
**move him** = stir him with trouble. See [Genesis 41:8](../../../kjv/genesis/41/8) . [Psalms 77:3](../../../kjv/psalms/77/3) .[Daniel 2:1](../../../kjv/daniel/2/1) , [Daniel 2:3](../../../kjv/daniel/2/3) .
**at times** = to and fro.
**the camp of Dan** , where Israel lay in a fortified place. Compare [Judges 18:12](../../../kjv/judges/18/12) .
**Eshtaol.** On the borders of Judah.

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