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disagree with you. The pertinent question remains Does the Bible ascribe any sin to those people I have named with relevant texts? You have been thinking of the matter now for more than two weeks. . Chr. Yes, there is one Samson among them. In the book of Judges, it is written he was an adulteror : "Samson went to Gaza, and there he saw a harlot and he went in to her. The. Gazites were told, "Samson has come here, to and they surrounded the place. " (Judg. 16:1-2). . M. (1) The verse in question goes to suggest only this much Samson in order to protect himself from his enemies took refuge in a house. This house happened to be that of a lewd woman. A story corresponding to that is in the book of Joshua: "And Joshua the son of Nun sent two men secretly from from Shittim as spies, saying, "Go, view the land, especially Jericho. ". And they went, and came into the house of a barlot whose name was Rahab, and lodged there. " (Josh. 2: 1). 21). . Those two men had no affairs with the woman. . They were using as a hideout the house of a prostitute. Samson is in the same situation. (2) If we assume Samson to be an adulteror, the prophecy of God that "the boy shall be a. Nazirite to God from birth" will go vain. (3) In the epistle to Hebrews it is written: 17