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THE MESSAGE

1 Samuel 6:11

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Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Cart;   Coffer;   Cow;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Miracles;   Mouse;   Tumor;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Ark of the Covenant;   Philistines, 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 - Coffer;   Mouse;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Emerods;   Gath;   Philistia;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Uzzah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-Shemesh;   Coffer;   Philistines;   Samuel, Books of;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Bethshemesh ;   Coffer;   Emerods;   Mouse,;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Beth-shemesh;   Smith Bible Dictionary - Coffer;   Emerods;   Heifer;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Emerods;   Mouse;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Beth-Shemesh;   Cart;   Coffer;   Emerods;   Gold;   Kine;   Mouse;   Text of the Old Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ark of the Covenant;   Cart;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for March 2;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the box containing the gold mice and the images of their tumors.
Hebrew Names Version
and they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
King James Version
And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
Lexham English Bible
Then they put the ark of Yahweh on the utility cart with the container holding the gold mice and the images of their tumors.
English Standard Version
And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
New Century Version
They put the Ark of the Lord and the box with the gold rats and models of growths on the cart.
New English Translation
They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.
Amplified Bible
They put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box containing the golden mice and the replicas of their tumors.
New American Standard Bible
And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the saddlebag with the gold mice and the likenesses of their tumors.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So they set the Arke of the Lord vpon the cart, and the coffer with the mise of golde, and with the similitudes of their emerods.
Legacy Standard Bible
And they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, as well as the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors.
Contemporary English Version
Then they put the chest on the cart, along with the bag that had the gold rats and sores in it.
Complete Jewish Bible
Then they put the ark on the cart, along with the box containing the gold rats and the models of their tumors.
Darby Translation
And they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their sores.
Easy-to-Read Version
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.
George Lamsa Translation
And they laid the ark of God upon the cart, and the box with the mice of gold and the images of their boils.
Good News Translation
They put the Covenant Box in the wagon, together with the box containing the gold models of the mice and of the tumors.
Literal Translation
And they placed the ark of Jehovah on the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their hemorrhoids.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
and layed the Arke of the LORDE vpon the cart, and the coffer with the golden myce, and with the ymages of their disease.
American Standard Version
and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
Bible in Basic English
And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And they layde the arke of the Lorde vpon the cart, and the coffer with the myce of golde, and with the images of their emerodes.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
King James Version (1611)
And they layde the Arke of the Lord vpon the cart, and the coffer, with the mice of golde, and the images of their Emerods.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
And they set the ark of the Lord, and the coffer, and the golden mice, on the waggon.
English Revised Version
and they put the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumours.
Berean Standard Bible
Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the box containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And thei puttiden the arke of God on the wayn, and `thei puttiden the panyere, that hadde the goldun myis, and the licnesse of ersis `on the wayn.
Young's Literal Translation
and they place the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer, and the golden mice, and the images of their emerods.
Update Bible Version
and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
Webster's Bible Translation
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
World English Bible
and they put the ark of Yahweh on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
New King James Version
And they set the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the chest with the gold rats and the images of their tumors.
New Living Translation
Then the Ark of the Lord and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.
New Life Bible
They put the special box of the Lord on the wagon, and the box with the gold mice and the objects made to look like their sores.
New Revised Standard
They put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the box with the gold mice and the images of their tumors.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And they put the ark of Yahweh, into the waggon, - also the coffer, with the mice of gold, and the likenesses of their tumours.
Douay-Rheims Bible
And they laid the ark of God upon the cart, and the little box that had in it the golden mice, and the likeness of the emerods.
Revised Standard Version
And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
They put the ark of the LORD on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors.

Contextual Overview

10So 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. 13The people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. They looked up and saw the Chest. Jubilant, they ran to meet it. The cart came into the field of Joshua, a Beth Shemeshite, and stopped there beside a huge boulder. The harvesters tore the cart to pieces, then chopped up the wood and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to God . The Levites took charge of the Chest of God and the sack containing the gold offerings, placing them on the boulder. Offering the sacrifices, everyone in Beth Shemesh worshiped God most heartily that day. 16 When the five Philistine leaders saw what they came to see, they returned the same day to Ekron. 17The five gold replicas of the tumors were offered by the Philistines in compensation for the cities of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The five gold rats matched the number of Philistine towns, both large and small, ruled by the five leaders. The big boulder on which they placed the Chest of God is still there in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, a landmark.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

they laid: 2 Samuel 6:3, 1 Chronicles 13:7, 1 Chronicles 15:13-15

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 5:9 - and they had emerods

Cross-References

Genesis 6:1
When the human race began to increase, with more and more daughters being born, the sons of God noticed that the daughters of men were beautiful. They looked them over and picked out wives for themselves.
Genesis 7:1
Next God said to Noah, "Now board the ship, you and all your family—out of everyone in this generation, you're the righteous one.
Genesis 13:13
The people of Sodom were evil—flagrant sinners against God .
Psalms 55:9
Come down hard, Lord—slit their tongues. I'm appalled how they've split the city Into rival gangs prowling the alleys Day and night spoiling for a fight, trash piled in the streets, Even shopkeepers gouging and cheating in broad daylight.
Ezekiel 8:17
He said, "Have you seen enough, son of man? Isn't it bad enough that Judah engages in these outrageous obscenities? They fill the country with violence and now provoke me even further with their obscene gestures. That's it. They have an angry God on their hands! From now on, no mercy. They can shout all they want, but I'm not listening."
Ezekiel 28:16
The Money Has Gone to Your Head God's Message came to me, "Son of man, tell the prince of Tyre, ‘This is what God , the Master, says: "‘Your heart is proud, going around saying, "I'm a god. I sit on God's divine throne, ruling the sea"— You, a mere mortal, not even close to being a god, A mere mortal trying to be a god. Look, you think you're smarter than Daniel. No enigmas can stump you. Your sharp intelligence made you world-wealthy. You piled up gold and silver in your banks. You used your head well, worked good deals, made a lot of money. But the money has gone to your head, swelled your head—what a big head! "‘Therefore, God , the Master, says: "‘Because you're acting like a god, pretending to be a god, I'm giving fair warning: I'm bringing strangers down on you, the most vicious of all nations. They'll pull their swords and make hash of your reputation for knowing it all. They'll puncture the balloon of your god-pretensions. They'll bring you down from your self-made pedestal and bury you in the deep blue sea. Will you protest to your assassins, "You can't do that! I'm a god"? To them you're a mere mortal. They're killing a man, not a god. You'll die like a stray dog, killed by strangers— Because I said so. Decree of God , the Master.'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, raise a funeral song over the king of Tyre. Tell him, A Message from God , the Master: "You had everything going for you. You were in Eden, God's garden. You were dressed in splendor, your robe studded with jewels: Carnelian, peridot, and moonstone, beryl, onyx, and jasper, Sapphire, turquoise, and emerald, all in settings of engraved gold. A robe was prepared for you the same day you were created. You were the anointed cherub. I placed you on the mountain of God. You strolled in magnificence among the stones of fire. From the day of your creation you were sheer perfection... and then imperfection—evil!—was detected in you. In much buying and selling you turned violent, you sinned! I threw you, disgraced, off the mountain of God. I threw you out—you, the anointed angel-cherub. No more strolling among the gems of fire for you! Your beauty went to your head. You corrupted wisdom by using it to get worldly fame. I threw you to the ground, sent you sprawling before an audience of kings and let them gloat over your demise. By sin after sin after sin, by your corrupt ways of doing business, you defiled your holy places of worship. So I set a fire around and within you. It burned you up. I reduced you to ashes. All anyone sees now when they look for you is ashes, a pitiful mound of ashes. All who once knew you now throw up their hands: ‘This can't have happened! This has happened!'" God 's Message came to me: "Son of man, confront Sidon. Preach against it. Say, ‘Message from God , the Master: "‘Look! I'm against you, Sidon. I intend to be known for who I truly am among you.' They'll know that I am God when I set things right and reveal my holy presence. I'll order an epidemic of disease there, along with murder and mayhem in the streets. People will drop dead right and left, as war presses in from every side. Then they'll realize that I mean business, that I am God . "No longer will Israel have to put up with their thistle-and-thorn neighbors Who have treated them so contemptuously. And they also will realize that I am God ." God , the Master, says, "When I gather Israel from the peoples among whom they've been scattered and put my holiness on display among them with all the nations looking on, then they'll live in their own land that I gave to my servant Jacob. They'll live there in safety. They'll build houses. They'll plant vineyards, living in safety. Meanwhile, I'll bring judgment on all the neighbors who have treated them with such contempt. And they'll realize that I am God ."
Habakkuk 2:8
class="poetry"> What's God going to say to my questions? I'm braced for the worst. I'll climb to the lookout tower and scan the horizon. I'll wait to see what God says, how he'll answer my complaint. And then God answered: "Write this. Write what you see. Write it out in big block letters so that it can be read on the run. This vision-message is a witness pointing to what's coming. It aches for the coming—it can hardly wait! And it doesn't lie. If it seems slow in coming, wait. It's on its way. It will come right on time. "Look at that man, bloated by self-importance— full of himself but soul-empty. But the person in right standing before God through loyal and steady believing is fully alive, really alive. "Note well: Money deceives. The arrogant rich don't last. They are more hungry for wealth than the grave is for cadavers. Like death, they always want more, but the ‘more' they get is dead bodies. They are cemeteries filled with dead nations, graveyards filled with corpses. Don't give people like this a second thought. Soon the whole world will be taunting them: "‘Who do you think you are— getting rich by stealing and extortion? How long do you think you can get away with this?' Indeed, how long before your victims wake up, stand up and make you the victim? You've plundered nation after nation. Now you'll get a taste of your own medicine. All the survivors are out to plunder you, a payback for all your murders and massacres.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart,.... Perhaps the same men that made the cart; however they were the Philistines, yet were not punished for touching it, as Uzzah was, though an Israelite, 2 Samuel 6:6

and the coffer with the mice of gold, and the images of their emerods; which coffer was placed in a purse or bag hung at the side of the ark, with the golden mice and emerods in it.


 
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