Judges 15:5
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And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines. Which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt, insomuch that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards.

he let them go

Exodus 22:6 If a fire breaking out light upon thorns, and catch stacks of corn, or corn standing in the fields, he that kindled the fire shall make good the loss.

2 Samuel 14:30 He said to his servants: You know the field of Joab near my field, that hath a crop of barley: go now and set it on fire. So the servants of Absalom set the corn on fire. And Joab's servants coming with their garments rent, said: The servants of Absalom have set part of the field on fire.

Context
Samson's Revenge
4And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails: 5And setting them on fire he let the foxes go, that they might run about hither and thither. And they presently went into the standing corn of the Philistines. Which being set on fire, both the corn that was already carried together, and that which was yet standing, was all burnt, insomuch that the flame consumed also the vineyards and the oliveyards.6Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father.…
Cross References
Exodus 23:11
But the seventh year thou shalt let it alone, and suffer it to rest, that the poor of thy people may eat, and whatsoever shall be left, let the beasts of the field eat it: so shalt thou do with thy vineyard and thy oliveyard.

Judges 15:4
And he went and caught three hundred foxes, and coupled them tail to tail, and fastened torches between the tails:

Judges 15:6
Then the Philistines said: Who hath done this thing? And it was answered: Samson, the son in law of the Thamnathite, because he took away his wife, and gave her to another, hath done these things. And the Philistines went up and burnt both the woman and her father.

Lexicon
Then he lit
וַיַּבְעֶר־ (way·yaḇ·‘er-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

the torches
בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים (bal·lap·pî·ḏîm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame

and released [the foxes]
וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח (way·šal·laḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7971: To send away, for, out

into the standing grain
בְּקָמ֣וֹת (bə·qā·mō·wṯ)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 7054: Something that rises, a stalk of grain

of the Philistines,
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים (pə·liš·tîm)
Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia

burning up
וַיַּבְעֵ֛ר (way·yaḇ·‘êr)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1197: To kindle, consume, to be, brutish

the piles of grain
מִגָּדִ֥ישׁ (mig·gā·ḏîš)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1430: A stack of sheaves, a tomb

and the standing grain,
קָמָ֖ה (qā·māh)
Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7054: Something that rises, a stalk of grain

as well as
וְעַד־ (wə·‘aḏ-)
Conjunctive waw | Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

the vineyards
כֶּ֥רֶם (ke·rem)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 3754: A garden, vineyard

and olive groves.
זָֽיִת׃ (zā·yiṯ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2132: An olive, the tree, the branch, the berry


Additional Translations
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.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.

And when he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the oliveyards.

And he set fire to the torches, and sent the foxes into the corn of the Philistines; and every thing was burnt from the threshing floor to the standing corn, and even to the vineyard and olives.

And he set the torches on fire, and let [them] run into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, and the olive gardens.

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 the standing corn, and also the oliveyards.

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.

When he had set the brands on fire, he let them go into the standing grain of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks and the standing grain, and also the olive groves.

and kindleth fire in the torches, and sendeth them out into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burneth it from heap even unto standing corn, even unto vineyard -- olive-yard.
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