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 then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He had severely dealt with them, did they not allow the people to go, and they departed? 7Now therefore, take and prepare a new cart and two milch cows on which there has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them. Take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart; and put the articles of gold which you return to Him as a guilt offering in a box by its side. Then send it away that it may go. 9Watch, if it goes up by the way of its own territory to Beth-shemesh, then He has done us this great evil. But if not, then we will know that it was not His hand that struck us; it happened to us by chance.” 10Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched 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

• Takeלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• the arkאֲרוֹן'ârôn 'ârôn · arkH727
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and placeנָתַןnâthan · to give: putH5414
• it on the cartעֲגָלָה‛ăgâlâh · cartH5699
• and putשׂוּםώûm ώîym · to set: putH7760
• the articlesכְּלִיkelîy · article/utensilH3627
• of goldזָהָבzâhâb · goldH2091
• whichאֲשֶׁר'ăsher · whichH834
• you returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: returnH7725
• a guiltאָשָׁם'âshâm · guilt (offering)H817
• in a boxאַרְגַּז'argâz · boxH712
• by its sideצַדtsad · sideH6654
• Then sendשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• it awayשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• that it may goהָלַךְhâlak · to go: wentH1980

Cross-references for 1 Samuel 6:8

• 1 Samuel 6:4Then they said, “What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to Him?” And they said, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for one 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