1 Samuel 6:4 - Forerunner Commentary

1 Samuel 6:4

2 And the Philistines ^acalled for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us how we should send it to its place.”

3 So they said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it ^aempty; but by all means return it to Him with ^ba trespass offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not removed from you.”

4 Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?” They answered, ^a“Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of¹ you and on your lords.

5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that ^aravage the land, and you shall ^bgive glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will ^clighten His hand from you, from ^dyour gods, and from your land.

6 Why then do you harden your hearts ^aas the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When He did mighty things among them, ^bdid they not let the people go, that they might depart?

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Definitions of words in 1 Samuel 6:4:

A {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Five {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

For {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Number {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Philistines {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Philistines {Hitchcock's Bible Names}
Philistines {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Plague {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Plague {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Trespass {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Offering {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

On {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
On {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Other definition entries containing 1 Samuel 6:4:

Ekron {Easton's}
Haemorrhoids {Easton's}
Mouse {Easton's}
Images {I.S.B.E.}
Mouse; Mice {I.S.B.E.}
Tumor {I.S.B.E.}

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