1 Samuel 4:3

And when the people returned into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Why has the LORD smitten us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us that when it comes among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

Numbers 10:33

Thus they departed from the mount of the LORD three days' journey, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them in the three days' journey, searching out a resting place for them.

Numbers 10:35

And it came to pass, when the ark was moved, that Moses said, Rise up, LORD, and let thine enemies be scattered, and let those that hate thee flee before thee.

Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent them to the war; he sent a thousand of every tribe; and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went to the war with the holy instruments, with the trumpets to blow in his hand.

Deuteronomy 29:24

even all Gentiles shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? What means the heat of this great anger?

Deuteronomy 31:26

Take this book of the law and put it in the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God that it may be there for a witness against thee.

Joshua 4:7

Then ye shall answer them, That the waters of Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD; when it passed the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off; and these stones shall be for a memorial unto the sons of Israel for ever.

Joshua 6:4-5

And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot of jubilee; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the shofarot.

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord GOD, why hast thou caused this people to pass the Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? We should have been content and dwelt on the other side of the Jordan!

1 Samuel 14:18

And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:25

But the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find grace in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again and show me both it and his tabernacle.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now it came to pass, as David dwelt in his house, that David said to Nathan, the prophet, Behold, I dwell in a house of cedars, and the ark of the covenant of the LORD under curtains.

Psalm 74:1

O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?

Psalm 74:11

Why dost thou withdraw thy hand, even thy right hand? Why dost thou hide it in thy bosom.

Isaiah 1:11-15

To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities ye are sold, and for your rebellions was your mother put away,

Isaiah 58:3

Why have we fasted, they say, and thou dost not see? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou dost take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure and exact your own estates.

Jeremiah 3:16

And it shall come to pass, when ye are multiplied and increased in the land; in those days, said the LORD, they shall no longer say, The ark of the covenant of the LORD: neither shall it come to mind: neither shall they remember it; neither shall they visit it; neither shall that be done any more.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.

Jeremiah 7:8-15

Behold, ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.

Amos 5:21-22

I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.

Matthew 3:9-10

and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father, for I say unto you that God is able to raise up children unto Abraham of these stones.

Matthew 23:25-28

Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.

Romans 2:28-29

For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is done outwardly in the flesh;

1 Corinthians 10:1-5

Moreover, brothers, I would that ye not ignore how our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea

2 Timothy 3:5

having the appearance of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.

Hebrews 9:4

which had a golden censer and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold, in which was the golden urn that had the manna, and Aaron's rod that budded, and the tables of the testament,

1 Peter 3:21

Unto the figure of which the baptism that does now correspond saves us (not taking away the uncleanness of the flesh, but giving testimony of a good conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ,

Jude 1:5

I will, therefore, remind you, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those that did not believe.

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Summary

And when the people were come into the camp, the elders of Israel said, Wherefore hath the LORD smitten us to day before the Philistines? Let us fetch the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of Shiloh unto us, that, when it cometh among us, it may save us out of the hand of our enemies.

Bible References

Wherefore

Deuteronomy 29:24
even all Gentiles shall say, Why has the LORD done thus unto this land? What means the heat of this great anger?
Psalm 74:1
O God, why hast thou cast us off for ever? Why does thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture?
Isaiah 50:1
Thus saith the LORD, Where is the bill of your mother's divorce, whom I have put away? or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities ye are sold, and for your rebellions was your mother put away,
Isaiah 58:3
Why have we fasted, they say, and thou dost not see? why have we afflicted our soul, and thou dost take no knowledge? Behold, in the day of your fast ye find your own pleasure and exact your own estates.

Let us

1 Samuel 14:18
And Saul said unto Ahiah, Bring the ark of God. For the ark of God was at that time with the sons of Israel.
Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war; he sent a thousand of every tribe; and Phinehas, the son of Eleazar the priest, went to the war with the holy instruments, with the trumpets to blow in his hand.
Joshua 6:4
And seven priests shall bear before the ark seven shofarot of jubilee; and the seventh day ye shall go around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow with the shofarot.
2 Samuel 15:25
But the king said unto Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city; if I shall find grace in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me again and show me both it and his tabernacle.
Isaiah 1:11
To what purpose is the multitude of your sacrifices unto me? shall the LORD say. I am full of the burnt offerings of rams and the fat of fed beasts; and I do not delight in the blood of bullocks or of lambs or of he goats.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in lying words, saying, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD, The temple of the LORD are these.
Matthew 3:9
and think not to say within yourselves, We have Abraham as our father, for I say unto you that God is able to raise up children unto Abraham of these stones.

It may save

Jeremiah 7:8
Behold, ye trust in lying words that cannot profit.
Amos 5:21
I hate, I despise your solemnities, and I will not savour your assemblies.
Matthew 23:25
Woe unto you, scribes and Pharisees, hypocrites! for ye make clean the outside of the cup or of the platter, but within they are full of extortion and incontinence.
Romans 2:28
For he is not a Jew who is one outwardly, neither is circumcision that which is done outwardly in the flesh;
1 Corinthians 10:1
Moreover, brothers, I would that ye not ignore how our fathers were all under the cloud and all passed through the sea
2 Timothy 3:5
having the appearance of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away.
1 Peter 3:21
Unto the figure of which the baptism that does now correspond saves us (not taking away the uncleanness of the flesh, but giving testimony of a good conscience before God) by the resurrection of Jesus, the Christ,
Jude 1:5
I will, therefore, remind you, though ye once knew this, how that the Lord, having saved the people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those that did not believe.