She should not eat anything that comes from the vine nor drink wine or strong drink, nor eat any unclean thing; let her observe all that I commanded."Why is she commanded to avoid wine or grapes? I understand that Samson was to be a Nazirite, but what is avoiding alcohol part of the Nazirite commands? If so, I don't recall it ever being mentioned. I know that not cutting hair is a key element of the Nazirite vows, but I don't recall anything about alcohol. And if it were, it's something that Samson is known to have violated, and the blessing of his strength was not removed.
I would understand today a woman not drinking, because we now know so much more about things like birth defects and fetal alcohol syndrome. But back then, those were unheard of, and surely God would protect someone He had chosen from that kind of medical issue. So what is the point of not drinking?
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