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,
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Put the Ark of the Lord on the cart, and beside it place a chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors you are sending as a guilt offering. Then let the cows go wherever they want.

Context of 1 Samuel 6:8

6Why should you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? After he had dealt severely with them, did they not send the people away, and they departed? 7Now then, take and prepare a new cart and two milk cows on which there has never come a yoke, and yoke the cows to the cart, but take their calves home, away from them. 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 9and watch. If it goes up on the way to its own land, to Beth-shemesh, then it is he who has done us this great harm, but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us; it happened to us by coincidence." 10The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• And takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and layנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• it upon the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the jewelsכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• which ye returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• a trespass offeringאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• in a cofferאַרְגַּז'argâz · boxH712
• by the sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
• thereof; and send it awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• that it may goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:8

• 1 Samuel 6:4And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.

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