Verse 3
1 Samuel 6:3
Darby Translation
3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel, send it not empty; ye must at any rate return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּאמְר֗וּ אִֽם מְשַׁלְּחִ֞ים אֶת אֲר֨וֹן אֱלֹהֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אַל תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּ אֹת/וֹ֙ רֵיקָ֔ם כִּֽי הָשֵׁ֥ב תָּשִׁ֛יבוּ ל֖/וֹ אָשָׁ֑ם אָ֤ז תֵּרָֽפְאוּ֙ וְ/נוֹדַ֣ע לָ/כֶ֔ם לָ֛/מָּה לֹא תָס֥וּר יָד֖/וֹ מִ/כֶּֽם
English Translation
And they said, "If you send away the Ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, for you will surely return it to him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand does not turn away from you."
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Chapter 6 Context
1
And the ark of Jehovah was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
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And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark o...
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And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel, send it not empty; ye must at...
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Then they said, What is the trespass-offering which we shall return to him? And they said, Five gold...
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And ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that destroy the land, and giv...
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And why will ye harden your heart, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? When he had wr...
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And now make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the kine...
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and take the ark of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cart, and the golden jewels, which ye return him as...
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And see, if it go up by the way of its own border to Beth-shemesh, it is he who has done us this gre...
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And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at...
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And they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images o...
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And the kine went straight forward on the way to Beth-shemesh; they went by the one high way, lowing...
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And [they of] Beth-shemesh were reaping the wheat-harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their ey...
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And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemeshite, and stood there; and a great stone w...
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And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the gol...
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16
And the five lords of the Philistines saw [it], and returned to Ekron the same day.
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And these are the golden sores which the Philistines returned as a trespass-offering to Jehovah: for...
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and the golden mice, [according to] the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the...
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And he smote among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, and smo...
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And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God (Elohim)? and t...
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And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought...
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