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Samson said to them, Let me now put forth a riddle to you: if you can declare it to me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothing;
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Riddles as Ancient Entertainment
Commentators explain that proposing a riddle during a lengthy wedding feast was a common form of entertainment in the ancient world, functioning much like a high-stakes wager. The prize Samson offered was valuable: thirty sets of fine linen undergarments and thirty sets of outer clothes, a significant cost for either side.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
See the marginal references. Riddles formed one of the amusements of these protracted feasts.
Sheets: Rather “linen shirts;” the “gar…
19th Century
Anglican
I will now put forth a riddle to you. — Chidah, “a riddle,” comes from chud, “to knot.” The use of ridd…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And Samson said to them His thirty companions, very likely on the first day of the feast:
I will …
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