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So Samson went and caught 300 foxes and took torches and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails. Then he set fire to the torches and sent [a]the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines. So he caused both the shocks and the standing grain, along with the vineyards and groves, to burn. Then the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because [b]he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and (A)burned her and her father with fire.

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  1. Judges 15:5 Lit them
  2. Judges 15:6 The Timnite

So he went out and caught three hundred foxes(A) and tied them tail to tail in pairs. He then fastened a torch(B) to every pair of tails, lit the torches(C) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(D) and standing grain, together with the vineyards and olive groves.

When the Philistines asked, “Who did this?” they were told, “Samson, the Timnite’s son-in-law, because his wife was given to his companion.(E)

So the Philistines went up and burned her(F) and her father to death.(G)

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