Out of the Eater Came Food and the Offering of Aaron

Yalkut Shimoni on Nach 70:3

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"And he said to them: Out of the eater came forth food" (Judges 14:14). Rabbi Shmuel bar Nachmani said: When the holy spirit began to rattle within Samson, it began in three places, as it is written, "And the spirit of the LORD began to move him" (Judges 13:25, and the riddle scenes). "Out of the eater came forth food" (Judges 14:14): Samson was astonished, the lion eats all the beasts, and now from it comes forth food. So too Aaron and his sons eat all the offerings, and from them came forth this offering: the offering of Aaron and his sons (Leviticus 6:13).

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