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1 Samuel 6:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
1 Samuel 6:17-19
Holman Christian Standard Bible
17 As a restitution offering to the Lord, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city:(A) Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. 18 The number of gold mice also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities of the five rulers, the fortified cities and the outlying villages.(B) The large rock[a](C) on which the ark of the Lord was placed is in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh to this day.
19 God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.[b](D) He struck down 70 men out of 50,000 men.[c] The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.
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- 1 Samuel 6:18 Some Hb mss, DSS, LXX, Tg; other Hb mss read meadow
- 1 Samuel 6:19 LXX reads But the sons of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the men of Beth-shemesh when they saw the ark of the Lord.
- 1 Samuel 6:19 Some Hb mss, Josephus read 70 men; other Hb mss read 50,070 men
1 Samuel 6:17-19
New International Version
1 Samuel 6:17-19
New International Version
17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each(A) for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron. 18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
19 But God struck down(B) some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[a] of them to death because they looked(C) into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them.
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
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