(The view expressed in this blog are my own and should not be taken as inspired in any way.)
Judges 13:8–14, “Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born. And God hearkened to the voice of Manoah; and the angel of God came again unto the woman as she sat in the field: but Manoah her husband was not with her. And the woman made haste, and ran, and shewed her husband, and said unto him, Behold, the man hath appeared unto me, that came unto me the other day. And Manoah arose, and went after his wife, and came to the man, and said unto him, Art thou the man that spakest unto the woman? And he said, I am. And Manoah said, Now let thy words come to pass. How shall we order the child, and how shall we do unto him? And the angel of the LORD said unto Manoah, Of all that I said unto the woman let her beware. She may not eat of any thing that cometh of the vine, neither let her drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing: all that I commanded her let her observe.”
Manoah heard his wife but wanted to hear the full message from the angel rather than from her. Perhaps, he believed that she was going slightly mad because she was barren or he though she might be a bit too emotional, never the less, he wanted to see the angel himself so he prayed and asked the Lord to bring the angel to speak to him. The angel came and met with the woman again. The Lord was trying to let Manoah know that his wife was acceptable as a messenger to bring the Lord’s message and that he should have trusted her before. However, the woman rushed to find her husband so that he could meet with the angel as well. Manoah came and asked the angel if he came to his wife before and the angel said that he was. At this stage, Manoah believed the angel and the angel told him that his wife to have to live as though she was a Nazarite herself during her pregnancy. This was so that the woman could show this extra devotion to the Lord as a mark of gratitude for her answered prayer.
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