ASV_Strong : 1 Samuel 6
1. And the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068] was in the country[H7704] of the Philistines[H6430] seven[H7651] months[H2320].
2. And the Philistines[H6430] called[H7121] for the priests[H3548] and the diviners[H7080], saying[H559], What shall we do[H6213] with the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068]? show[H3045] us wherewith we shall send[H7971] it to its place[H4725].
3. And they said[H559], If ye send away[H7971] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel[H3478], send[H7971] it not empty[H7387]; but by all means[H7725] return[H7725] him a trespass-offering[H817]: then ye shall be healed[H7495], and it shall be known[H3045] to you why his hand[H3027] is not removed from you[H5493].
4. Then said[H559] they[H817], What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return[H7725] to him[H559]? And they said, Five[H2568] golden[H2091] tumors[H2914], and five[H2568] golden[H2091] mice[H5909], according to the number[H4557] of the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430]; for one[H259] plague[H4046] was on you all[H5633], and on your lords.
5. Wherefore ye shall make[H6213] images[H6754] of your tumors[H2914], and images[H6754] of your mice[H5909] that mar[H7843] the land[H776]; and ye shall give[H5414] glory[H3519] unto the God[H430] of Israel[H3478]: peradventure he will lighten[H7043] his hand[H3027] from off you[H430], and from off your gods, and from off your land[H776].
6. Wherefore then do ye harden[H3513] your hearts[H3824], as the Egyptians[H4714] and Pharaoh[H6547] hardened[H3513] their hearts[H3820]? When he had wrought wonderfully[H5953] among them[H7971], did they not let the people go, and they departed[H3212]?
7. Now therefore take[H3947] and prepare[H6213] you a[H259] new[H2319] cart[H5699], and two[H8147] milch[H5763] kine[H6510], on which there hath come[H5927] no yoke[H5923]; and tie[H631] the kine[H6510] to the cart[H5699], and bring[H7725] their calves[H1121] home[H1004] from them[H310];
8. and take[H3947] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], and lay[H5414] it upon the cart[H5699]; and put[H7760] the jewels[H3627] of gold[H2091], which ye return[H7725] him for a trespass-offering[H817], in a coffer[H712] by the side[H6654] thereof[H7971]; and send it away, that it may go[H1980].
9. And see[H7200]; if it goeth up[H5927] by the way[H1870] of its own border[H1366] to Beth-shemesh[H1053], then he hath done[H6213] us this great[H1419] evil[H7451]: but if not[H3045], then we shall know that it is not his hand[H3027] that smote[H5060] us[H4745]; it was a chance that happened to us[H1961].
10. And the men[H582] did so[H6213], and took[H3947] two[H8147] milch[H5763] kine[H6510], and tied[H631] them to the cart[H5699], and shut up[H3607] their calves[H1121] at home[H1004];
11. and they put[H7760] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068] upon the cart[H5699], and the coffer[H712] with the mice[H5909] of gold[H2091] and the images[H6754] of their tumors[H2914].
12. And the kine[H6510] took the straight[H3474] way[H1870] by the way[H1870] to Beth-shemesh[H1053]; they went along[H1980] the highway[H4546], lowing[H1600] as they went[H1980], and turned not aside[H5493] to the right hand[H3225] or to the left[H8040]; and the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] went[H1980] after[H310] them unto the border[H1366] of Beth-shemesh[H1053].
13. And they of Beth-shemesh[H1053] were reaping[H7114] their wheat[H2406] harvest[H7105] in the valley[H6010]; and they lifted up[H5375] their eyes[H5869], and saw[H7200] the ark[H727], and rejoiced[H8055] to see it[H7200].
14. And the cart[H5699] came[H935] into the field[H7704] of Joshua[H3091] the Beth-shemite[H1030], and stood[H5975] there[H1419], where there was a great stone[H68]: and they clave[H1234] the wood[H6086] of the cart[H5699], and offered[H5927] up the kine[H6510] for a burnt-offering[H5930] unto Jehovah[H3068].
15. And the Levites[H3881] took down[H3381] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], and the coffer[H712] that was with it[H3627], wherein the jewels of gold[H2091] were[H7760], and put them on the great[H1419] stone[H68]: and the men[H582] of Beth-shemesh[H1053] offered[H5927] burnt-offerings[H5930] and sacrificed[H5927] sacrifices[H2077] the same day[H3117] unto Jehovah[H3068].
16. And when the five[H2568] lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] had seen[H7200] it[H7725], they returned to Ekron[H6138] the same day[H3117].
17. And these are the golden[H2091] tumors[H2914] which the Philistines[H6430] returned[H7725] for a trespass-offering[H817] unto Jehovah[H3068]: for Ashdod[H795] one[H259], for Gaza[H5804] one[H259], for Ashkelon[H831] one[H259], for Gath[H1661] one[H259], for Ekron[H6138] one[H259];
18. and the golden[H2091] mice[H5909], according to the number[H4557] of all the cities[H5892] of the Philistines[H6430] belonging to the five[H2568] lords[H5633], both of fortified[H4013] cities[H5892] and of country[H6521] villages[H3724], even unto the great[H1419] stone[H59], whereon they set down[H3240] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], which stone remaineth unto this day[H3117] in the field[H7704] of Joshua[H3091] the Beth-shemite[H1030].
19. And he smote[H5221] of the men[H376] of Beth-shemesh[H1053], because they had looked[H7200] into the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068], he smote[H5221] of the people[H5971] seventy men[H582], and fifty[H2572] thousand[H505] men[H582]; and the people[H582] mourned[H56], because Jehovah[H3068] had smitten[H5221] the people[H5971] with a great[H1419] slaughter[H4347].
20. And the men[H582] of Beth-shemesh[H1053] said[H559], Who is able[H3201] to stand[H5975] before[H6440] Jehovah[H3068], this holy[H6918] God[H430]? and to whom shall he go up from us[H5927]?
21. And they sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to the inhabitants[H3427] of Kiriath-jearim[H7157], saying[H559], The Philistines[H6430] have brought back[H7725] the ark[H727] of Jehovah[H3068]; come ye down[H3381], and fetch it up to you[H5927].
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