2 Samuel 6:13

Schlachter Bibel

Und wenn die, welche die Lade des Herrn trugen, sechs Schritte gegangen waren, opferte man einen Ochsen und ein fettes Schaf.

Parallel Translations

Elberfelder Bibel (1905)
Und es geschah, wenn die Tr�ger der Lade Jehovas sechs Schritte gegangen waren, so opferte er ein Rind und ein Mastvieh.

Lutherbible (1912)
Und da sie einhergegangen waren mit der Lade des HERRN sechs Gänge, opferte man einen Ochsen und ein fettes Schaf.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

when they: Numbers 4:15, Numbers 7:9, Joshua 3:3, 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:15, 1 Chronicles 15:25, 1 Chronicles 15:26

oxen: 1 Kings 8:5, 2 Chronicles 5:6

Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:9 - the fatlings 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing Psalms 66:15 - I will offer

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the Lord,.... The Levites; for now David had seen the former mistake, and rectified it, and ordered the Levites to "carry" it, as they did upon their shoulders, with the staves therein, see 1 Chronicles 15:2; when these

had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings; upon an altar, which was at once erected for that purpose; the number and kind of sacrifices offered were seven bullocks and seven rams, 1 Chronicles 15:26; and these David offered, not by himself, but by the priests that were with him, and that as soon as they had gone six paces from the house of Obededom; whereby they perceived the Levites, were able to carry the ark, with what was in it, the Lord helping them, as in 1 Chronicles 15:2, and without stumbling and falling, or any evil attending them; and Kimchi thinks these six paces were just the measure of the ground Uzzah went before what befell him; but it is highly probable that he had gone further; however, no doubt by the order of David, the Levites set down the ark, and sacrifices were offered by way of thanksgiving to God, and for the continuance of his goodness, and for atonement for former errors. Some think these seven oxen and rams were offered, at seven different times and places, at every six paces an ox and a ram; but this is not very likely.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The meaning is, not that they sacrificed oxen and fatlings every six steps, which would have been impossible, but that when - after the arrangement made by David for the Levites to carry the ark 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 1 Chronicles 15:15 they had borne it successfully and with visible tokens of God’s favor, out of the house of Obed-edom and six “steps” on the road to the city of David to the sound of the musical instruments - then they stopped and offered solemn sacrifices. Possibly “the step” may have had a technical sense, and denoted a certain distance, say a stadium. Six such distances would have been nearly a mile, and if the ground was difficult and steep, the successful progress of “those that bare the ark,” so far, would have been a fit cause for a thanksgiving sacrifice.