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16 I would feed you[a] with the finest of the wheat,
    and with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”(A)

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  1. 81.16 Cn: Heb he would feed him

16 But you would be fed with the finest of wheat;(A)
    with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

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13 He set him atop the heights of the land
    and fed him with[a] produce of the field;
he nursed him with honey from the crags,
    with oil from flinty rock,(A)
14 curds from the herd, and milk from the flock,
    with fat of lambs and rams,
Bashan bulls and goats,
    together with the choicest wheat—
    you drank fine wine from the blood of grapes.(B)

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  1. 32.13 Sam Gk Syr Tg: MT he ate

13 He made him ride on the heights(A) of the land
    and fed him with the fruit of the fields.
He nourished him with honey from the rock,(B)
    and with oil(C) from the flinty crag,
14 with curds and milk from herd and flock
    and with fattened lambs and goats,
with choice rams of Bashan(D)
    and the finest kernels of wheat.(E)
You drank the foaming blood of the grape.(F)

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14 He grants peace[a] within your borders;
    he fills you with the finest of wheat.(A)

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  1. 147.14 Or prosperity

14 He grants peace(A) to your borders
    and satisfies you(B) with the finest of wheat.(C)

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25 All the troops[a] came upon a honeycomb, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When the troops came upon the honeycomb, the honey was dripping out, but they did not put their hands to their mouths, for they feared the oath.

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  1. 14.25 Heb land

25 The entire army entered the woods, and there was honey on the ground. 26 When they went into the woods, they saw the honey oozing out; yet no one put his hand to his mouth, because they feared the oath.

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24 The threshing floors shall be full of grain;
    the vats shall overflow with wine and oil.

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24 The threshing floors will be filled with grain;
    the vats will overflow(A) with new wine(B) and oil.

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18 The men of the town said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down,

“What is sweeter than honey?
What is stronger than a lion?”

And he said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
you would not have found out my riddle.”(A)

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18 Before sunset on the seventh day the men of the town said to him,

“What is sweeter than honey?
    What is stronger than a lion?”(A)

Samson said to them,

“If you had not plowed with my heifer,
    you would not have solved my riddle.”

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when my steps were washed with milk
    and the rock poured out for me streams of oil!(A)

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when my path was drenched with cream(A)
    and the rock(B) poured out for me streams of olive oil.(C)

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After a while he returned to marry her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion, and there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion and honey. He scraped it out into his hands and went on, eating as he went. When he came to his father and mother, he gave some to them, and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the carcass of the lion.

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Some time later, when he went back to marry her, he turned aside to look at the lion’s carcass, and in it he saw a swarm of bees and some honey. He scooped out the honey with his hands and ate as he went along. When he rejoined his parents, he gave them some, and they too ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

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