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A Compromised Vow
Commentators highlight that Samson's act of taking honey from the carcass was a likely violation of his Nazarite vow, which forbade touching the dead. While one scholar suggests he might have avoided direct contact, the act shows a casualness toward his sacred commitment, prioritizing his own desires over God's commands.
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19th Century
Bishop
He took of it in his hands. —Unless he considered that a skeleton could not be regarded as a dead body, he could not have…
17th Century
Pastor
And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating
Josephus F11 says he took three honeycombs, he means…
17th Century
Minister
By enabling him to kill a lion, God let Samson know what he could do in the strength of the Spirit of the Lord, that he might never be afraid to lo…