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1 Samuel 6:11

9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.

10 And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:

And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.

12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.

13 And they of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.

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BSB
Then they put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest containing the gold rats and the images of the tumors.
KJV
And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
WEB
They put the LORD’s ark on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
ASV
and they put the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
DARBY
And they laid the ark of Jehovah upon the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their sores.
BLB
And they set the ark of YHWH on the cart, and the chest, and the golden rats, and the images of their tumors.
ÅB
Så satte de Herrens ark på vognen og likeså skrinet og gullmusene og bildene av sine bylder.
OTB
De plasserte Herrens ark på vognen, sammen med kassen som inneholdt gullrottene og modellene av byllene deres.
B1930
Så satte de Herrens ark på vognen og likeså skrinet og gullmusene og billedene av sine bylder.

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Cross references

  • 1 Chronicles 15:13–15

    For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

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  • 1 Chronicles 13:7

    And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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  • 2 Samuel 6:3

    And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

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