1 Samuel 6:1-7

The Ark Returned to Israel

1 Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines seven months.
2 And 1the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, "What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we shall send it to its place."
3 They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, 2do not send it empty; but you shall surely 3return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you."
4 Then they said, "What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?" And they said, "Five golden 4tumors and five golden mice 5according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one plague was on all of you and on your lords.
5 "So you shall make likenesses of your tumors and likenesses of your mice that ravage the land, and 6you shall give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps 7He will ease His hand from you, 8your gods, and your land.
6 "Why then do you harden your hearts 9as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, 10did they not allow the people to go, and they departed?
7 "Now therefore, take and 11prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there 12has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.

Cross References 12

  • 1. Genesis 41:8; Exodus 7:11; Isaiah 2:6
  • 2. Exodus 23:15; Deuteronomy 16:16
  • 3. Leviticus 5:15, 16
  • 4. 1 Sam 5:6, 9, 12; 1 Samuel 6:17
  • 5. Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3; 1 Samuel 6:17, 18
  • 6. Joshua 7:19; 1 Chronicles 16:28, 29; Isaiah 42:12; Jeremiah 13:16; John 9:24; Revelation 14:7
  • 7. 1 Samuel 5:6, 11
  • 8. 1 Sam 5:3, 4, 7
  • 9. Exodus 7:13; Exodus 8:15, 32; Exodus 9:34; Exodus 14:17
  • 10. Exodus 12:31
  • 11. 2 Samuel 6:3
  • 12. Numbers 19:2; Deuteronomy 21:3, 4

Footnotes 4

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