Most Popular Bible Verses in 1 Samuel 6
1 Samuel Rank:
“Now then, prepare one new cart and two milk cows that have never been yoked.
Take the ark of the Lord, place it on the cart, and put the gold objects that you’re sending Him as a restitution offering in a box
Then watch: If it goes up the road to its homeland toward Beth-shemesh,
The people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed to see it.
The Levites
God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.
When the ark of the Lord had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,
Then they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the box containing the gold mice and the images of their tumors.
The number of gold mice also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities of the five rulers, the fortified cities and the outlying villages.
The men did this: They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and confined their calves in the pen.
The cows went straight up the road to Beth-shemesh.
The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people of the city chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord.
When the five Philistine rulers
As a restitution offering to the Lord, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city:
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand in the presence of this holy Lord God?
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs?
They sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath-jearim,
They asked, “What restitution offering should we send back to Him?”
And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice
Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God,
the Philistines summoned the priests and the diviners
They replied, “If you send the ark of Israel’s God away, you must not send it without an offering.