JUDGES 14:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 0 0
“And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.”
Samson's collection of honey and his offering of some to his parents establishes that he shares the honey with them without revealing its unusual origin in the lion's carcass. The sharing with parents suggests Samson's attempt to involve them in the discovered abundance, though the deception about the source reveals his willingness to deceive even those closest to him. The fact that the parents ate the honey without knowledge of its origin suggests Samson's ability to deceive and his comfort with secrecy regarding matters that would violate covenant or Nazirite purity. The verse does not explicitly state that eating honey contaminates his Nazirite vow, yet the concealment of the source suggests Samson's awareness that his parents might object if they knew the true origin.
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