Verse 18
1 Samuel 6:18
King James Version
18
And the golden mice,
according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines
belonging to the five lords,
both
of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great
stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD:
which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וְ/עַכְבְּרֵ֣י הַ/זָּהָ֗ב מִסְפַּ֞ר כָּל עָרֵ֤י פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ לַ/חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת הַ/סְּרָנִ֔ים מֵ/עִ֣יר מִבְצָ֔ר וְ/עַ֖ד כֹּ֣פֶר הַ/פְּרָזִ֑י וְ/עַ֣ד אָבֵ֣ל הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר הִנִּ֤יחוּ עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ אֵ֚ת אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה עַ֚ד הַ/יּ֣וֹם הַ/זֶּ֔ה בִּ/שְׂדֵ֥ה יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ בֵּֽית הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי
English Translation
And the mice of gold were in number all the cities of the Philistines, to the five lords of the Philistines, from the fortified city to the brook of the un-walled city, and to the great Abel, which they set upon the ark of the LORD until this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
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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...
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...
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