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1 Samuel 6:10

The Philistines did what the priests and magicians said. They found two cows that had just had calves and tied them to the wagon. But they kept the calves at home in a pen.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cart;   Cow;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Milk;   Miracles;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Calf, the;   Philistines, the;   Providence of God, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Beth-Shemesh;   Ekron;   Gaza or Azzah;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Divination;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Prayer;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Harness;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Emerods;   Gath;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Uzzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Cart, Wagon;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethshemesh ;   Coffer;   Emerods;   Mouse,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-shemesh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Heifer;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Shemesh;   Cart;   Cow;   Ewe;   Kine;   Mouse;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Cart;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 2;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.
Hebrew Names Version
The men did so, and took two milk cattle, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
King James Version
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
Lexham English Bible
So the men did so; they took two milking cows and harnessed them to the utility cart, but they shut up their calves in the stall.
English Standard Version
The men did so, and took two milk cows and yoked them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
New Century Version
The Philistines did what the priests and magicians said. They took two cows that had just had calves and hitched them to the cart, but they kept their calves at home.
New English Translation
So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.
Amplified Bible
And the men did so, and took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and corralled their calves at home.
New American Standard Bible
Then the men did so: they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut in their calves at home.
Geneva Bible (1587)
And the men did so: for they tooke two kine that gaue milke, and tied them to the cart, and shut the calues at home.
Legacy Standard Bible
Then the men did so and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.
Contemporary English Version
The Philistines followed their advice. They hitched up the two cows to the cart, but they kept their calves in a barn.
Complete Jewish Bible
The men did it. They took two milk-cows, harnessed them to the cart and confined their calves to the shed.
Darby Translation
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
George Lamsa Translation
And the men did so; and took two milch cows and tied them to the cart and shut up their calves at home;
Good News Translation
They did what they were told: they took two cows and hitched them to the wagon, and shut the calves in the barn.
Literal Translation
And the men did so. And they took two suckling cows and tied them to the cart. And they shut their young ones in the house.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The men dyd so, and toke two yonge mylke kyne, and yocked them to a cart, and helde their calues at home,
American Standard Version
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
Bible in Basic English
And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And the men did euen so: And toke two kyne that gaue milke, & tyed them to the cart, and kept the calues at home.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
King James Version (1611)
And the men did so: and tooke two milch-kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut vp their calues at home.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And the Philistines did so; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time, and yoked them to the waggon, and shut up their calves at home.
English Revised Version
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
Berean Standard Bible
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor thei diden in this manere; and thei token twei kien that yauen mylk to caluys, and ioyneden to the wayn; and thei closiden her caluys at hoome.
Young's Literal Translation
And the men do so, and take two suckling kine, and bind them in the cart, and their young ones they have shut up in the house;
Update Bible Version
And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
Webster's Bible Translation
And the men did so; and took two milch cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
World English Bible
The men did so, and took two milk cattle, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
New King James Version
Then the men did so; they took two milk cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
New Living Translation
So these instructions were carried out. Two cows were hitched to the cart, and their newborn calves were shut up in a pen.
New Life Bible
The men did so. They took two milk cows and tied them to the wagon, and shut up their calves at home.
New Revised Standard
The men did so; they took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The men, therefore, did so, and took two milch kine, and fastened them in the waggon, - but, their calves, shut they up in the shed.
Douay-Rheims Bible
They did therefore in this manner: and taking two kine, that had sucking calves, they yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
Revised Standard Version
The men did so, and took two milch cows and yoked them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
THE MESSAGE
So that's what they did: They hitched two cows to the cart, put their calves in the barn, and placed the Chest of God and the sack of gold rats and tumors on the cart. The cows headed straight for home, down the road to Beth Shemesh, straying neither right nor left, mooing all the way. The Philistine leaders followed them to the outskirts of Beth Shemesh.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Then the men did so, and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.

Contextual Overview

10 The Philistines did what the priests and magicians said. They found two cows that had just had calves and tied them to the wagon. But they kept the calves at home in a pen. 11 Then the Philistines put the Lord 's Holy Box on the wagon along with the bag with the golden models of the tumors and mice. 12 The cows went straight to Beth Shemesh. The cows stayed on the road, mooing all the way. They did not turn right or left. The Philistine rulers followed the cows as far as the city limits of Beth Shemesh. 13 The people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley. They looked up and saw the Holy Box. They were very happy to see it again. They ran to get it. 14The wagon came to the field that belonged to Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. Some Levites took down the Lord 's Holy Box and the bag that had the golden models. The Levites put the Lord 's Box and the bag that was with it on the large rock. The people of Beth Shemesh cut up the wagon and killed the cows. That day, they sacrificed the cows as burnt offerings to the Lord . 16 The five Philistine rulers watched the people of Beth Shemesh do this and then went back to Ekron that same day. 17 In this way the Philistines sent golden models of tumors as gifts for their sins to the Lord . They sent one golden model of a tumor for each of the Philistine towns of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. 18 The Philistines also sent golden models of mice. The number of these golden mice was the same number as the towns that belonged to the five Philistine rulers. These towns had walls around them, and each town had villages around it. The people of Beth Shemesh put the Lord 's Holy Box on a rock. That rock is still in the field of Joshua from Beth Shemesh.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Reciprocal: 1 Kings 18:44 - Prepare

Cross-References

Genesis 5:32
After Noah was 500 years old, he had sons named Shem, Ham, and Japheth.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the men did so,.... Made a new cart, not the lords of the Philistines, but workmen by their orders:

and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart; with the gear that horses, asses, or oxen, were usually fastened to a carriage they drew:

and shut up their calves at home; or, "in the house" s; the cow house or stable where they used to be put; this they did to restrain them from following the cows, which would disturb them in drawing the cart.

s בבית "in domo", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.


 
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