In 1 Samuel Chapter 1, it is about Hannah praying for a sin. She prays promising that if she is granted a son no razor will ever be used on his head. Just like Samson.
So why was strength so much associated with a man's hair? This is so in other religions too.
'And she was in bitterness of soul,
and prayed unto the LORD, and wept sore.
And she vowed a vow, and said,
"O LORD of hosts,
if Thou wilt indeed look on the affliction of thine handmaid,
and remember me, and not forget thine handmaid,
but wilt give unto thine handmaid a man child,
then I will give him unto the LORD all the days of his life,
and there shall no razor come upon his head.'
(1Sa 1:10-11)
Hi
@Christina2000,
Samuel's Mother vowed that Samuel would be a Nazarite (
ie., consecrated unto the Lord ), see Numbers 6:1-5 and Judges 13:1-5.
'And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,
Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them,
When either man or woman shall separate themselves
to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto the LORD:
He shall separate himself from wine and strong drink,
and shall drink no vinegar of wine, or vinegar of strong drink,
neither shall he drink any liquor of grapes, nor eat moist grapes, or dried.
All the days of his separation shall he eat nothing that is made of the vine tree,
from the kernels even to the husk.
All the days of the vow of his separation there shall no razor come upon his head:
until the days be fulfilled, in the which he separateth himself unto the LORD,
he shall be holy, and shall let the locks of the hair of his head grow.'
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'And the children of Israel did evil again in the sight of the LORD;
and the LORD delivered them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
And there was a certain man of Zorah, of the family of the Danites,
whose name was Manoah; and his wife was barren, and bare not.
And the angel of the LORD appeared unto the woman, and said unto her,
Behold now, thou art barren, and bearest not: but thou shalt conceive, and bear a son.
Now therefore beware, I pray thee,
and drink not wine nor strong drink, and eat not any unclean thing:
For, lo, thou shalt conceive, and bear a son;
and no razor shall come on his head:
for the child shall be a Nazarite unto God from the womb:
and he shall begin to deliver Israel out of the hand of the Philistines.'
With love in Christ Jesus
Chris
