1 Samuel 6:13

13 Ora, o povo de Bete-Semes estava colhendo trigo no vale e, quando viu a arca, alegrou-se muito.

1 Samuel 6:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 6:13

And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in
the valley
Which began at Pentecost, in the month Sivan, about our May; so that there were many people in the fields, who were eyewitnesses of this wonderful event:

and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it;
for though the ark while in the tabernacle was only seen by the high priest, when he went into the holy of holies; yet this having been brought out from thence, and exposed in the camp of Israel, some of this place very probably were there at that time, and had seen it, and knew it again by its form and splendour; and which gave them great pleasure to behold, which had been taken, and had been so long in the hand of the enemy, and the people of Israel deprived of it; which was the symbol of the divine Presence among them, and now restored to them again; and in this wonderful way, without seeking for it, without going to war on account of it, without paying a ransom for it; and was brought to them in a cart drawn by cattle without a driver, the lords of the Philistines with a large retinue following it. This is to be understood not of their looking "into" it, as they afterwards did, and were punished, as Kimchi; but of their looking "on" it.

1 Samuel 6:13 In-Context

11 Colocaram a arca do SENHOR na carroça e junto dela a caixa com os ratos de ouro e as imagens dos tumores.

12 Então as vacas foram diretamente para Bete-Semes, mantendo-se na estrada e mugindo por todo o caminho; não se desviaram nem para a direita nem para a esquerda. Os governantes dos filisteus as seguiram até a fronteira de Bete-Semes.

13 Ora, o povo de Bete-Semes estava colhendo trigo no vale e, quando viu a arca, alegrou-se muito.

14 A carroça chegou ao campo de Josué, de Bete-Semes, e ali parou ao lado de uma grande rocha. Então cortaram a madeira da carroça e ofereceram as vacas como holocausto ao SENHOR.

15 Os levitas tinham descido a arca do SENHOR e a caixa com os objetos de ouro e as tinham colocado sobre a grande rocha. Naquele dia, o povo de Bete-Semes ofereceu holocaustos e sacrifícios ao SENHOR.