1 Samuel 6
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1 Samuel 6:1-9

1And the arkH727 of Jehovah wasH1961 in the countryH7704 of the PhilistinesH6430 sevenH7651 monthsH2320. 2And the PhilistinesH6430 calledH7121 for the priestsH3548 and the divinersH7080, sayingH559, What shall we do with the arkH727 of Jehovah? show us wherewith we shall sendH7971 it to its placeH4725. 3And they saidH559, If ye sendH7971 awayH5493 the arkH727 of the GodH430 of IsraelH3478, sendH7971 it not emptyH7387; but by all means returnH7725 him a trespass-offering: thenH227 ye shall be healedH7495, and it shall be knownH3045 to you whyH4100 his handH3027 is not removedH5493 from you. 4Then saidH559 they, What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall returnH7725 to him? And they saidH559, FiveH2568 golden tumors, and fiveH2568 golden miceH5909, according to the numberH4557 of the lords of the PhilistinesH6430; for oneH259 plagueH4046 was on you all, and on your lords. 5Wherefore ye shall makeH5414 imagesH6754 of your tumors, and imagesH6754 of your miceH5909 that mar the landH776; and ye shall giveH5414 gloryH3519 unto the GodH430 of IsraelH3478: peradventure he will lightenH7043 his handH3027 from off you, and from off your godsH430, and from off your landH776. 6Wherefore then do ye harden your heartsH3820, as the EgyptiansH4713 and PharaohH6547 hardened their heartsH3820? WhenH834 he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people goH7971, and they departed? 7NowH6258 thereforeH6258 takeH3947 and prepare you a newH2319 cartH5699, and twoH8147 milch kine, on which there hath comeH5927 no yokeH5923; and tie the kine to the cartH5699, and bringH7725 their calves home from them; 8and takeH3947 the arkH727 of Jehovah, and lay it upon the cartH5699; and putH5414 the jewels of goldH2091, which ye returnH7725 him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the sideH6654 thereof; and sendH7971 it awayH7971, that it may goH1980. 9And seeH7200; if it goeth up by the wayH1870 of its own borderH1366 to Beth-shemeshH1053, then he hath done us this greatH1419 evilH7451: but if not, then we shall knowH3045 that it is not his handH3027 that smote us; it wasH1961 a chanceH4745 that happened to us.

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American Standard Version — 1901 — Public Domain