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1 Samuel 6:17-19
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1 Samuel 6:17-19
International Standard Version
17 These are the gold tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron. 18 The gold mice represented[a] the number of all the Philistine towns belonging to the five lords, both fortified towns and unwalled villages. The large stone, beside which they put the Ark of the Lord, is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
19 God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the Ark of the Lord. He struck down 50,070[b] men among the people, and the people mourned because the Lord struck down the people with a great slaughter.
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- 1 Samuel 6:18 Lit. were according to
- 1 Samuel 6:19 So MT; LXX reads 70
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.
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- 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
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