Judges 15:3-4

15:3 Samson said to them, ¹  “This time I am justified in doing the Philistines harm!” ²  15:4 Samson went and captured three hundred jackals ³  and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair. ⁴ 

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¹ tc Codex Alexandrinus (A) of the (original) LXX has the singular “to him.”

² tn Heb “I am innocent this time from the Philistines when I do with them harm.”

³ tn Traditionally, “foxes.”

⁴ tn Heb “He turned tail to tail and placed one torch between the two tails in the middle.”