And when he had set the brands on fire, he sent them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the [a]ricks and the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.

Then the Philistines said, Who hath done this? And they answered, Samson the son-in-law of the [b]Timnite, because he had taken his wife, and given her to his companion. Then the Philistines came up and [c]burnt her and her father with fire.

And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and then I will cease.

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Footnotes

  1. Judges 15:5 Or, that which was reaped and gathered.
  2. Judges 15:6 Or, the citizen of Timnath.
  3. Judges 15:6 So the wicked punish not vice for love of justice, but for fear of danger, which else might come to them.

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