# Judges 13 General Notes #

#### Structure and formatting ####

This chapter begins the account of Samson. (See: [Judges 13-16](./01.md))

#### Special concepts in this chapter ####

##### Warning not to cut his hair #####

The angel of the Lord prophesied about Samson and gave instructions to Samson's mother. Samson's mother was to offer up her son under a Nazarite vow. This was a special type of vow, dedicating Samson to Yahweh. Part of this vow prohibited the cutting of the person's hair. (See: [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]] and [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/vow]])

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* __[Judges 13:01 Notes](./01.md)__

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