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Then, setting the torches on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines and burnt up both the shocks and also the standing grain with the vineyards and oliveyards.

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

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

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lit the torches(A) and let the foxes loose in the standing grain of the Philistines. He burned up the shocks(B) 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.(C)

So the Philistines went up and burned her(D) and her father to death.(E) Samson said to them, “Since you’ve acted like this, I swear that I won’t stop until I get my revenge on you.”

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