1`Forsothe aftir sum del of tyme, whanne the daies of wheete heruest neiyiden, Sampson cam, and wolde visite his wijf, and he brouyte to hir a `kide of geet; and when he wolde entre in to hir bed bi custom, `the fadir of hir forbeed hym, and seide,

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Genesis 38:17, Genesis 38:17, Genesis 29:21, Luke 15:29, Genesis 29:21

2Y gesside that thou haddist hatid hir, and therfor Y yaf hir to thi freend; but sche hath a sistir, which is yongere and fairere than sche, be sche `wijf to thee for hir.

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Judges 14:20, Judges 14:20, Acts 26:9, Genesis 38:14, Judges 14:16

3To whom Sampson answeride, Fro this day no blame schal be in me ayens Filistees, for Y schal do yuels to you.

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Judges 14:15, Judges 14:15

4And he yede, and took thre hundrid foxis, and ioynede `the tailis of hem to tailis, and boond brondis in the myddis,

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Song of Solomon 2:15, Lamentations 5:18, Psalms 63:10, Song of Solomon 2:15, Lamentations 5:18

5whiche he kyndlid with fier, and leet hem, that thei schulden renne aboute hidur and thidur; `which yeden anoon in to the cornes of Filisteis, bi whiche kyndlid, bothe cornes `borun now to gidere, and yit stondynge in the stobil, weren brent, in so myche that the flawme wastide vyneris, and `places of olyue trees.

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2 Samuel 14:30, Exodus 22:6, 2 Samuel 14:30, Exodus 22:6

6And Filisteis seiden, Who dide this thing? To whiche it was seid, Sampson, hosebonde of the `douytir of Thannathei, for he took awey Sampsones wijf, and yaf to another man, `wrouyte this thing. And Filisteis stieden, and brenten bothe the womman and hir fadir.

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Judges 14:15, Judges 14:15, Proverbs 22:8, 1 Thessalonians 4:6, Proverbs 22:8

7To whiche Sampson seide, Thouy ye han do this, netheles yit Y schal axe veniaunce of you, and than Y schal reste.

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Judges 14:19, Judges 14:4, Romans 12:19, Judges 14:19, Judges 14:4

8And he smoot hem with greet wounde, so that thei wondriden, and `puttiden the hyndrere part of the hipe on the thiy; and he yede doun, and dwellide in the denne of the stoon of Ethan.

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Isaiah 25:10, Isaiah 63:6, Isaiah 63:3, Isaiah 25:10, Isaiah 63:6

9Therfor Filisteis stieden in to the lond of Juda, and settiden tentis in the place, that was clepid aftirward Lethi, that is, a cheke, wher `the oost of hem was spred a brood.

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Judges 15:19, Judges 15:17, Judges 15:19, Judges 15:17, Judges 15:14

10And men of the lynage of Juda seiden to hem, Whi `stieden ye ayens vs? Whiche answeriden, We comen that we bynde Sampson, and yelde to hym tho thingis whiche he wrouyte in vs.

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11Therfor thre thousynde of men of Juda yeden doun to the denne of the flynt of Ethan; and thei seiden to Sampson, Woost thou not, that Filisteis comaunden to vs? Why woldist thou do this thing? To whiche he seide.

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Judges 13:1, Judges 14:4, Judges 13:1, Judges 14:4, Deuteronomy 28:47

12As thei diden to me, Y dide to hem. Thei seien, We comen to bynde thee, and to bitake thee in to the `hondis of Filisteis. To whiche Sampson answeride, Swere ye, and `biheete ye to me, that ye sle not me.

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Judges 8:21, 1 Kings 2:34, 1 Kings 2:25, Acts 7:25, Matthew 27:2

13And thei seiden, We schulen not sle thee, but we schulen bitake thee boundun. And thei bounden him with twei newe cordis, and token fro the stoon of Ethan.

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14And whanne thei hadden come to the place of cheke, and Filisteis criynge hadden runne to hym, the spirit of the Lord felde in to hym, and as stikis ben wont to be wastid at the odour of fier, so and the bondis, with whiche he was boundun, weren scaterid and vnboundun.

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Judges 14:19, Judges 14:19, Psalms 118:11, Judges 14:6, Judges 3:10

15And he took a cheke foundun, that is, the lowere cheke boon of an asse, that lay, `and he killyde `with it a thousinde men; and seide,

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Leviticus 26:8, Joshua 23:10, Leviticus 26:8, Joshua 23:10, Judges 3:31

16With the cheke of an asse, that is, with the lowere cheke of a colt of femal assis, Y dide hem awey, and Y killide a thousynde men.

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17And whanne he songe these wordis, and `hadde fillid, he castide forth fro the hond the lowere cheke; and he clepide the name of that place Ramath Lethi, `which is interpretid, the reisyng of a cheke.

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18And he thristide greetly, and criede to the Lord, and seide, Thou hast youe in the hond of thi seruaunt this grettest helthe and victory; and lo! Y die for thyrst, and Y schal falle in to the hondis of vncircumcidid men.

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2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:8, 2 Corinthians 12:7, 2 Corinthians 12:8, Psalms 3:7

19Therfor the Lord openyde a wang tooth in the cheke boon of the asse, and watris yeden out therof, `bi whiche drunkun he refreischide the spirit, and resseuede strengthis; therfor the name of that place was clepid the Welle of the clepere of the cheke `til to present dai.

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Isaiah 44:3, Isaiah 44:3, Genesis 45:27, Genesis 45:27, Psalms 34:6

20And he demyde Israel in the daies of Filistiym twenti yeer.

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Judges 13:1, Judges 13:1, Judges 16:31, Judges 16:31, Hebrews 11:32