1 Samuel 4:3

And when the troops came to the camp, the elders of Israel said, "Why has the LORD defeated us today before the Philistines? Let us bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD here from Shiloh, that it may come among us and save us from the power of our enemies."

Numbers 10:33

So they set out from the mount of the LORD three days' journey. And the ark of the covenant of the LORD went before them three days' journey, to seek out a resting place for them.

Numbers 10:35

And whenever the ark set out, Moses said, "Arise, O LORD, and let your enemies be scattered, and let those who hate you flee before you."

Numbers 31:6

And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.

Deuteronomy 29:24

all the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?'

Deuteronomy 31:26

"Take this Book of the Law and put it by the side of the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, that it may be there for a witness against you.

Joshua 4:7

then you shall tell them that the waters of the Jordan were cut off before the ark of the covenant of the LORD. When it passed over the Jordan, the waters of the Jordan were cut off. So these stones shall be to the people of Israel a memorial forever."

Joshua 6:4-5

Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.

Joshua 7:7

And Joshua said, "Alas, O Lord GOD, why have you brought this people over the Jordan at all, to give us into the hands of the Amorites, to destroy us? Would that we had been content to dwell beyond the Jordan!

1 Samuel 14:18

So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.

2 Samuel 15:25

Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.

1 Chronicles 17:1

Now when David lived in his house, David said to Nathan the prophet, "Behold, I dwell in a house of cedar, but the ark of the covenant of the LORD is under a tent."

Psalm 74:1

O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?

Psalm 74:11

Why do you hold back your hand, your right hand? Take it from the fold of your garment and destroy them!

Isaiah 1:11-15

"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.

Isaiah 50:1

Thus says the LORD: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.

Isaiah 58:3

'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Jeremiah 3:16

And when you have multiplied and increased in the land, in those days, declares the LORD, they shall no more say, "The ark of the covenant of the LORD." It shall not come to mind or be remembered or missed; it shall not be made again.

Jeremiah 7:4

Do not trust in these deceptive words: 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'

Jeremiah 7:8-15

"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.

Amos 5:21-22

"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.

Matthew 3:9-10

And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

Romans 2:28-29

For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.

1 Corinthians 10:1-5

For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,

2 Timothy 3:5

having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.

Hebrews 9:4

having the golden altar of incense and the ark of the covenant covered on all sides with gold, in which was a golden urn holding the manna, and Aaron's staff that budded, and the tablets of the covenant.

1 Peter 3:21

Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,

Jude 1:5

Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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
all the nations will say, 'Why has the LORD done thus to this land? What caused the heat of this great anger?'
Psalm 74:1
O God, why do you cast us off forever? Why does your anger smoke against the sheep of your pasture?
Isaiah 50:1
Thus says the LORD: "Where is your mother's certificate of divorce, with which I sent her away? Or which of my creditors is it to whom I have sold you? Behold, for your iniquities you were sold, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away.
Isaiah 58:3
'Why have we fasted, and you see it not? Why have we humbled ourselves, and you take no knowledge of it?' Behold, in the day of your fast you seek your own pleasure, and oppress all your workers.

Let us

1 Samuel 14:18
So Saul said to Ahijah, "Bring the ark of God here." For the ark of God went at that time with the people of Israel.
Numbers 31:6
And Moses sent them to the war, a thousand from each tribe, together with Phinehas the son of Eleazar the priest, with the vessels of the sanctuary and the trumpets for the alarm in his hand.
Joshua 6:4
Seven priests shall bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark. On the seventh day you shall march around the city seven times, and the priests shall blow the trumpets.
2 Samuel 15:25
Then the king said to Zadok, "Carry the ark of God back into the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, he will bring me back and let me see both it and his dwelling place.
Isaiah 1:11
"What to me is the multitude of your sacrifices? says the LORD; I have had enough of burnt offerings of rams and the fat of well-fed beasts; I do not delight in the blood of bulls, or of lambs, or of goats.
Jeremiah 7:4
Do not trust in these deceptive words: 'This is the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD, the temple of the LORD.'
Matthew 3:9
And do not presume to say to yourselves, 'We have Abraham as our father,' for I tell you, God is able from these stones to raise up children for Abraham.

It may save

Jeremiah 7:8
"Behold, you trust in deceptive words to no avail.
Amos 5:21
"I hate, I despise your feasts, and I take no delight in your solemn assemblies.
Romans 2:28
For no one is a Jew who is merely one outwardly, nor is circumcision outward and physical.
1 Corinthians 10:1
For I want you to know, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea,
2 Timothy 3:5
having the appearance of godliness, but denying its power. Avoid such people.
1 Peter 3:21
Baptism, which corresponds to this, now saves you, not as a removal of dirt from the body but as an appeal to God for a good conscience, through the resurrection of Jesus Christ,
Jude 1:5
Now I want to remind you, although you once fully knew it, that Jesus, who saved a people out of the land of Egypt, afterward destroyed those who did not believe.

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