Judges 15:5
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And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
In other translations
And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards and olives.Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.
Hebrew words
וַיַּבְעֶר־vaiyav'er-and he kindledH1197אֵשׁ'eshfireH784בַּלַּפִּידִיםbalapidimon the torchesH3940וַיְשַׁלַּחvayshalachand he sent [them]H7971בְּקָמוֹתbekamotamong [the] standing grain<s> ofH7054פְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim[the] PhilistinesH6430וַיַּבְעֵרvaiyav'erand it burned upH1197מִגָּדִישׁmigadishfrom [the] heap of sheavesH1430וְעַד־ve'ad-and untoH5704קָמָהkamah[the] standing grainH7054וְעַד־ve'ad-and untoH5704כֶּרֶםkerem[the] vineyard ofH3754זָיִת׃zayitolive tree[s]H2132
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Related verses
- 2 Samuel 14:30Therefore he said unto his servants, See, Joab’s field is near mine, and he hath barley there; go and set it on fire. And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.Then Absalom said to his servants, “Look, Joab’s field is next to mine, and he has barley there. Go and set it on fire!” And Absalom’s servants set the field on fire.
- Exodus 22:6If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
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