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13 But if you cannot tell me the answer, you will give me 30 linen shirts and 30 sets of clothes.’ The young men said, ‘Tell us your question.’[a]

14 Samson said to them:

‘Out of the one who eats came something to eat.
Out of the strong one came something sweet.’

After three days, the Philistine men could not find the answer.

15 On the fourth day they said to Samson's wife, ‘Find a way to make your husband tell you the answer. If you do not, we will use fire to destroy your father's house, with you inside it! Did you ask us to come to your marriage party to make us poor?’

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Footnotes

  1. 14:13 People often asked clever questions with a hidden answer at a marriage. It was a party game. But, at Samson's marriage, the prize was very big. A good set of clothes cost a lot of money.