Verse
BSB
Berean Standard Bible
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
When
the ark of the
LORD
had
been
in the land
of the Philistines seven months,
And
the ark of Jehovah
is
in the field
of the Philistines seven months,
the Philistines summoned
the
priests and diviners, saying, “
What shall
we do with
the ark of the
LORD
? Tell
us how
to
send it back
to its place .”
and
the Philistines call
for
priests and for
diviners, saying, `
What do
we do to
the ark of Jehovah
? let
us know
wherewith
we
send it to its place ?'
They replied
, “
If you
return
the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty ,
but
by
all
means
return
it
to Him with
a guilt offering .
Then you
will
be
healed, and you will
understand
why His hand has
not been
lifted
from you. ”
And
they say
, `
If ye
are
sending
away
the ark of the God of Israel, ye
do not send it away empty ;
for
ye
do
certainly
send
back
to Him a guilt -
offering ;
then ye
are
healed, and it
hath
been
known
to
you why His hand doth
not turn
aside
from you. '
“
What guilt offering should
we send back to Him? ”
asked
the
Philistines.
“Five
gold
tumors
and five
gold
rats,”
they said
, “according
to
the number of rulers
of the Philistines, since
the
same
plague has
struck
both
you and your rulers.
And
they
say,
`
What `is'
the
guilt -
offering which
we send back to Him? '
and they say
, `
The number of the
princes
of the Philistines --
five
golden
emerods
, and
five
golden
mice
--
for
one
plague `is'
to
you all,
and to
your princes,
Make
images of your tumors
and of the
rats
that are ravaging
the land .
Give
glory
to the God of Israel ,
and
perhaps
He will
lift
His hand from you and your gods and your land .
and
ye
have
made
images of your emerods,
and images
of your
mice
that are corrupting
the land ,
and
have
given
honour
to the God of Israel ;
it
may
be
He doth
lighten
His hand from off
you ,
and from
off
your gods ,
and from
off
your land ;
Why harden your hearts
as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs
? When He afflicted
them ,
did
they
not
send the
people
on
their
way
as
they departed
?
and
why do
ye
harden your heart
as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their
heart
? do
they
not
--
when He hath
rolled
Himself
upon
them --
send them
away,
and
they go
?
Now, therefore,
prepare
one new cart with
two milk
cows
that
have never
been
yoked.
Hitch
the cows
to
the cart, but
take
their
calves
away
and pen
them up.
`And
now, take
and
make
one new cart ,
and
two suckling
kine,
on
which
a
yoke
hath
not
gone
up,
and
ye
have bound
the kine
in
the cart, and caused
their
young
ones
to
turn
back
from
after
them to
the
house,
Take
the ark of the
LORD
, set
it on the cart, and in
a
chest
beside
it
put
the gold objects
you
are
sending
Him as
a guilt offering .
Then
send
the
ark
on its way
,
and
ye
have
taken
the ark of Jehovah
, and
put
it on the cart, and the vessels
of
gold which
ye
have
returned
to
Him --
a guilt -
offering --
ye
put
in
a
coffer
on its side
, and
have
sent
it
away,
and
it
hath
gone;
but
keep
watching
it.
If it goes
up the
road
to its
homeland,
toward
Beth-shemesh ,
it
is
the
LORD
who
has
brought
on
us this great disaster.
But
if it
does
not, then we will
know
that it
was
not
His hand that
punished
us and
that
it happened
by
chance
. ”
and
ye
have
seen,
if the
way
of
its
own
border
it goeth
up to Beth-Shemesh --
He
hath
done
to
us this great evil;
and
if not, then we have
known
that His hand hath
not
come
against
us ;
an
accident
it hath
been
to
us
. '
So
the men did
as
instructed.
They
took
two milk
cows
, hitched
them to
the cart, and penned
up
their calves.
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;
Then
they put
the ark of the
LORD
on
the cart, along
with
the chest
containing
the gold
rats
and the images of the
tumors
.
and
they place
the ark of Jehovah
upon
the cart, and
the coffer,
and
the golden
mice,
and the images of their
emerods
.
And the cows
headed
straight up
the road
toward
Beth-shemesh, staying
on
that
one highway and lowing as
they
went
, never
straying
to
the
right or to
the
left .
The rulers
of the Philistines followed
behind
them to
the border of Beth-shemesh.
And the kine
go
straight in
the way,
on
the
way
to
Beth-Shemesh, in
one highway they
have
gone,
going
and lowing, and
have
not
turned
aside
right or left ;
and
the princes
of the Philistines are
going
after
them unto
the border of Beth-Shemesh.
Now
the people
of
Beth- shemesh
were
harvesting
wheat in the valley, and when
they looked
up and saw
the ark, they
were
overjoyed
at
the
sight
.
And
the Beth- Shemeshites
are
reaping
their
wheat -harvest
in the valley, and they lift
up their
eyes,
and see
the ark, and
rejoice
to
see
`it'
.
The cart came
to
the field of Joshua of
Beth- shemesh
and stopped
there near
a large
rock.
The people
chopped
up
the cart and offered
the cows
as
a burnt offering to the
LORD
.
And
the cart hath
come
in
unto
the field of Joshua the
Beth- Shemeshite,
and standeth
there ,
and
there
`is'
a great
stone,
and
they
cleave
the wood
of
the cart ,
and the kine
they
have
caused
to
ascend
--
a burnt -
offering to Jehovah
.
And the Levites took
down the ark of the
LORD
and the chest
containing
the gold objects
, and they
placed
them on the large
rock.
That
day
the men of Beth-shemesh offered
burnt offerings and made
sacrifices to the
LORD.
And the Levites have
taken
down the ark of Jehovah,
and the coffer
which
`is'
with
it,
in
which
`are'
the vessels
of
gold, and place
`
them '
on the great
stone;
and
the men of Beth-Shemesh have
caused
to
ascend
burnt -
offerings and sacrifice
sacrifices in
that
day
to Jehovah;
And when
the five rulers
of the Philistines saw
this
, they
returned
to Ekron that same
day.
and the five princes
of the Philistines have
seen
`it'
, and
turn
back
`
to '
Ekron ,
on
that day.
As
a
guilt
offering
to
the LORD,
the Philistines had
sent back one
gold
tumor
for
each
city
: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and
Ekron .
And
these
`are'
the golden
emerods
which
the Philistines have
sent back --
a
guilt-offering
to
Jehovah
: for
Ashdod one
, for
Gaza one
, for
Ashkelon one
, for
Gath one
, for
Ekron one;
The number
of
gold
rats
also
corresponded
to
the number of Philistine
cities belonging
to
the five rulers—
the fortified
cities
and
their
outlying
villages .
And
the large
rock
on which they placed the ark of the
LORD
stands
to
this day in the field of Joshua of
Beth- shemesh
.
and
the golden
mice
--
the number of all
the
cities of
the Philistines
--
for
the
five princes,
from
the fenced
city
even
unto
the
hamlet
of
the
villages ,
even
unto
the great
meadow
on which they placed the ark of Jehovah
--
`are'
unto
this day in the field of Joshua the
Beth- Shemeshite
.
But
God
struck
down
some
of
the people
of Beth-shemesh because
they looked inside
the ark of the
LORD.
He struck
down
seventy men ,
and the people mourned
because the LORD
had
struck
them
with
a great slaughter
.
And
He
smiteth
among
the men
of Beth-Shemesh ,
for
they looked into
the ark of Jehovah,
yea,
He smiteth
among
the
people
seventy men --
fifty
chief
men;
and the people mourn,
because Jehovah
smote
among
the people
--
a great smiting
.
The men of Beth-shemesh asked
, “
Who can
stand in
the
presence
of
the
LORD
, this holy God? To
whom should
the
ark
go up from here
? ”
And
the men of Beth-Shemesh say
, `
Who is
able
to
stand before
Jehovah
, this holy God? and
unto
whom doth
He
go up from us
? '
So
they sent
messengers to
the people
of Kiriath
-jearim, saying, “
The Philistines have returned
the ark of the
LORD.
Come down and
take it up with
you. ”
And
they send
messengers unto
the inhabitants
of Kirjath
-Jearim, saying, `
The Philistines have sent
back
the ark of Jehovah;
come down ,
take it up unto
you. '
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