Verse 1

1 Samuel 6:1

Free Bible Version

1 After the Ark of the Lord had been in the country of the Philistines for seven months,

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְהִ֧י אֲרוֹן יְהוָ֛ה בִּ/שְׂדֵ֥ה פְלִשְׁתִּ֖ים שִׁבְעָ֥ה חֳדָשִֽׁים

English Translation

And the Ark of the Lord was in the field of the Philistines for seven months.

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Chapter 6 Context

1 After the Ark of the Lord had been in the country of the Philistines for seven months,

2 the Philistines summoned the priests and fortune-tellers, and asked, “What should we do with the Ark... Focus ↗

3 “If you're going to send back the Ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel, do not send it back empty-hande... Focus ↗

4 “What kind of guilt offering should we send back to him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold objects... Focus ↗

5 Make models to represent your swellings and the rats destroying the country, and honor the God (Eloh... Focus ↗

6 Why be stubborn like the Egyptians and Pharaoh? When he punished them, didn't they send the Israelit... Focus ↗

7 So get a new cart ready, pulled by two milk cows that have never been yoked. Tie the cows to the car... Focus ↗

8 Pick up the Ark of the Lord, put it on the cart, and place the gold objects you are sending him as a... Focus ↗

9 but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its home country, to Beth-shemesh, then it is the Lo... Focus ↗

10 So that's what the people did. They took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and kept their cal... Focus ↗

11 They put the Ark of the Lord on the cart, together with the chest containing the gold rats and model... Focus ↗

12 The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh, lowing as they went, going directly on the main... Focus ↗

13 The people of Beth-shemesh were reaping wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the Ark, th... Focus ↗

14 The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh, and stopped there beside a large rock. The p... Focus ↗

15 The Levites took down the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold objects, and put them on... Focus ↗

16 The five gold models of swellings sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the Lord were from... Focus ↗

17 The gold rats represented the number of Philistine towns of the five rulers—the fortified towns and... Focus ↗

18 But God (Elohim) killed some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the Ark of the... Focus ↗

19 The people of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God (Elohim)? Where shou... Focus ↗

20 They sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim to say, “The Philistines have returned the Ark... Focus ↗

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