Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:6

6 Nǐmen wèihé yìng zhe xīn xiàng Āijí rén hé fǎlǎo yíyàng ne . shén zaì Āijí rén zhōngjiān xíng qí shì , Āijí rén qǐbù shìfàng Yǐsèliè rén , tāmen jiù qù le ma .

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:6 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 6:6

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and
Pharaoh hardened their hearts?
&c.] And would not let Israel go, when their dismission was demanded by Moses and Aaron in the name of the Lord; but was refused from time to time, being given up to judicial blindness and hardness of heart: and it seems by this, that though it was proposed by some to send back the ark, and which the priests and diviners approved of; yet there were some that were against it, who, notwithstanding the plagues inflicted on them, like Pharaoh and the Egyptians hardened their hearts; which story these priests were acquainted with by the tradition of their ancestors, this being a fact then generally known in the world; or by the relation of the Israelites, over whom they had ruled many years, and were conversant with them:

when he had wrought wonderfully among them:
that is, the God of Israel, though they mention not his name, who had wrought wonders in the land of Egypt; the ten plagues he inflicted on them are referred to:

did they not let the people go, and they departed?
who were convinced by these plagues that they ought to let Israel go, and by them were prevailed upon to dismiss them, and the people did go out of their land; and therefore should not we let the ark go likewise, on whom plagues have been inflicted for detaining it? and may we not expect more and greater, should we refuse to dismiss it?

Sāmǔĕrjìshàng 6:6 In-Context

4 Fēilìshì rén shuō , yīngdāng yòng shénme xiàn wèi péi zuì de lǐwù ne . tāmen huídá shuō , dāng zhào Fēilìshì shǒulǐng de shùmù , yòng wǔ gè jīn zhì chuāng , wǔ gè jīn lǎo shǔ , yīnwei zaì nǐmen zhòngrén hé nǐmen shǒulǐng de shēnshang dōu shì yíyàng de zāi .

5 Suǒyǐ dāng zhìzào nǐmen zhì chuāng de xiàng hé huǐhuaì nǐmen tiándì lǎo shǔ de xiàng , bìng yào guī róngyào gĕi Yǐsèliè de shén , huòzhĕ tā xiàng nǐmen hé nǐmen de shén , bìng nǐmen de tiándì , bǎ shǒu fàng qīng xiē .

6 Nǐmen wèihé yìng zhe xīn xiàng Āijí rén hé fǎlǎo yíyàng ne . shén zaì Āijí rén zhōngjiān xíng qí shì , Āijí rén qǐbù shìfàng Yǐsèliè rén , tāmen jiù qù le ma .

7 Xiànzaì nǐmen yīngdāng zào yī liàng xīn chē , jiāng liǎng zhǐ wèicéng fù è yǒu rǔ de mǔ niú tào zaì chē shàng , shǐ niúdú huí jiā qù , líkāi mǔ niú .

8 Bǎ Yēhéhuá de yuē guì fàng zaì chē shàng , jiāng suǒ xiàn péi zuì de jīn wù zhuāng zaì xiá zǐ lǐ , fàng zaì guì páng , jiāng guì sòng qù .