1 Samuel 6:8

1 Samuel 6:8 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
• New International Version (NIV)Take the ark of the Lord and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering. Send it on its way,
• English Standard Version (ESV)And take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart and put in a box at its side the figures of gold, which you are returning to him as a guilt offering. Then send it off and let it go its way
• New King James Version (NKJV)Then take the ark of the Lord and set it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you are returning to Him as a trespass offering in a chest by its side. Then send it away, and let it go.

Context of 1 Samuel 6:8

6Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people out so they could go on their way? 7Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up. Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way, 9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.” 10So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.

1 Samuel 6:8 word by word

וּלְקַחְתֶּ֞ם אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֗ה וּנְתַתֶּ֤ם אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־הָ֣עֲגָלָ֔ה וְאֵ֣ת׀ כְּלֵ֣י הַזָּהָ֗ב אֲשֶׁ֨ר הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֥ם לוֹ֙ אָשָׁ֔ם תָּשִׂ֥ימוּ בָאַרְגַּ֖ז מִצִּדּ֑וֹ וְשִׁלַּחְתֶּ֥ם אֹת֖וֹ וְהָלָֽךְ׃Read the interlinear

• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• ·אֵת'êth · [Obj.]H853
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• setנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• onאֶל'êl 'el · to(wards)H413
• the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• in a chestאַרְגַּז'argâz · boxH712
• beside itצַדtsad · sideH6654
• putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• objectsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• ·אֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you are sending backשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• as a guilt offeringאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• Then sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• on its wayהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:8

• 1 Samuel 6:4“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6:8

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 8The jewels of gold - The word קלי keley, which our translators so often render jewels, signifies vessels, implements, ornaments, etc. A jewel of gold has an odd sound to those who always attach the idea of a precious stone to the term.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 88. take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart--This mode of carrying the sacred symbol was forbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignity excusable (see on 2Sa 6:6). put the jewels ... in a coffer by the side thereof--The way of securing treasure in the East is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solid part of the furniture.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Samuel 6:8

• Cart
• Coffer
• Cow
• Kirjath-Jearim
• Miracles
• Offerings

In the dictionaries

• Trespass offering
• Along
• Cart
• Coffer
• David
• Ekron
• Harden
• Return
• Samuel, Books of
• Ark of the Covenant

Commentaries on 1 Samuel 6

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings