Verse
KJV
King James Version
YLT
Young's Literal Translation
And the ark of the
LORD
was
in the country
of the Philistines seven months .
And the ark of Jehovah
is
in the field
of the Philistines seven months ,
And the Philistines called
for the
priests and the
diviners, saying, What shall
we do to the ark of the
LORD
? tell
us wherewith we shall
send it to his
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 ?'
And they said
, If ye send
away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not
empty; but
in
any
wise
return
him a trespass
offering :
then ye shall
be
healed, and it shall
be
known to you why his hand is
not removed
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. '
Then
said
they, What shall
be
the trespass
offering which we shall
return
to him? They answered
, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice ,
according
to
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines:
for one plague was
on
you all, and on
your lords.
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,
Wherefore
ye shall
make
images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar
the land ;
and ye
shall
give
glory
unto
the God of Israel :
peradventure
he will
lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off 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 ;
Wherefore
then
do ye harden your hearts,
as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts
? when he had
wrought
wonderfully
among
them ,
did
they
not
let
the
people
go
, and 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
make a
new cart, and take
two milch
kine, on which there
hath
come
no
yoke, and tie
the kine to
the cart, and bring
their calves
home
from them :
`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,
And take
the ark of the
LORD
, and lay
it upon
the cart ;
and put
the jewels
of gold ,
which ye return
him for
a trespass
offering ,
in a coffer by
the
side thereof;
and send
it away, that
it may
go.
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;
And see
, if it
goeth
up
by
the way of his
own coast
to Bethshemesh,
then
he hath done us this great evil :
but
if not, then we shall
know
that it
is
not
his hand that
smote
us :
it was
a
chance
that
happened
to us.
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. '
And the men did
so ;
and took
two milch
kine, and tied
them to
the cart, and shut up their
calves
at
home:
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;
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.
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 kine took
the
straight way
to
the way of
Bethshemesh
, and
went
along
the highway, lowing as
they
went
, and turned
not aside to
the
right hand
or to
the
left; and the lords
of the Philistines went
after them unto the border of Bethshemesh
.
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
.
And they
of
Bethshemesh
were
reaping their wheat harvest in the valley :
and they lifted
up their eyes, and saw
the ark, and rejoiced
to see it.
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 '
.
And the cart came
into
the field of Joshua ,
a
Bethshemite
, and stood
there, where
there was
a great stone :
and they clave
the wood of the cart, and offered
the kine a burnt offering unto
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 coffer that
was
with it, wherein
the jewels
of gold were
, and put
them on the great stone :
and the men of Bethshemesh
offered
burnt offerings and sacrificed
sacrifices the
same
day unto
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 lords
of the Philistines had
seen it, they
returned
to Ekron the
same
day.
and the five princes
of the Philistines have
seen `
it '
, and
turn
back
`
to '
Ekron ,
on
that
day.
And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned
for
a trespass
offering unto
the
LORD;
for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon
one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
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;
And the golden mice ,
according
to
the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging
to
the five lords
, both
of
fenced cities,
and
of country
villages, even unto the great stone
of
Abel,
whereon
they set
down
the ark of the
LORD:
which
stone
remaineth
unto this day in the field of Joshua ,
the Bethshemite
.
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
.
And he smote
the men of Bethshemesh
, because
they had
looked into the ark of the
LORD
, even
he smote
of
the people fifty thousand
and
threescore
and
ten
men :
and the people lamented
, because the
LORD
had
smitten
many
of
the people 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
.
And the men of Bethshemesh
said
, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD
God? and to
whom shall
he go up from us?
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? '
And they sent
messengers to
the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim
, saying, The Philistines have brought
again
the ark of the
LORD
; come ye
down, and
fetch
it up to
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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