Verse 21
1 Samuel 6:21
New King James Version
21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down,
and fetch it up to you.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַֽ/יִּשְׁלְחוּ֙ מַלְאָכִ֔ים אֶל יוֹשְׁבֵ֥י קִרְיַת יְעָרִ֖ים לֵ/אמֹ֑ר הֵשִׁ֤בוּ פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה רְד֕וּ הַעֲל֥וּ אֹת֖/וֹ אֲלֵי/כֶֽם
English Translation
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have returned the Ark of the Lord; come down and bring it up to you."
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Chapter 6 Context
1
And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
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2
And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of...
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3
And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel, send it not empty; but in any...
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4
Then said they, What
shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Fiv...
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5
Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye sh...
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6
Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he...
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7
Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie th...
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8
And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return...
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9
And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh,
then he hath done us this great...
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10
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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11
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images...
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12
And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh,
and went along the highway, lowing as...
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13
And
they of Beth-shemesh
were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their ey...
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14
And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, and stood there, where
there was a great...
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15
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that
was with it, wherein the jewels o...
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16
And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen
it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
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17
And these
are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned
for a trespass offering unto the LOR...
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18
And the golden mice,
according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines
belonging to the f...
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19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smot...
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20
And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God (Elohim)? and to wh...
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21
And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought...