1 Samuel 6:3-5

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³They replied, “If you send the ark of Israel’s God away, do not send it without an offering.^(A) Send back a guilt offering to him,^(B) and you will be healed. Then the reason his hand hasn’t been removed from you will be revealed.”^[a]

⁴They asked, “What guilt offering should we send back to him?”

And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice^(C) corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers,^(D) since there was one plague for both you^[b] and your rulers. ⁵Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God,^(E) and perhaps he will stop oppressing you,^[c]^(F) your gods, and your land.^(G)

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Footnotes

6:3 DSS, LXX read healed, and an atonement shall be made for you. Shouldn’t his hand be removed from you?”
6:4 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read them
6:5 Lit will lighten the heaviness of his hand from you

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