1 Samuel 6:15
13 Now the people of Beth-shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed at the sight.
14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh and stopped there near a large rock. The people chopped up the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
16 And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
17 As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
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- BSB
- And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.
- KJV
- And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
- WEB
- The Levites took down the LORD’s ark and the box that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.
- ASV
- And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.
- DARBY
- And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the golden jewels, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered up burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Jehovah.
- BLB
- And the Levites took down the ark of YHWH, and the chest that was with it in which [were] the articles of gold, and they placed them on the large stone, and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices in that day to YHWH.
- ÅB
- Og levittene tok ned Herrens ark og skrinet som sto ved den, det som gullsakene var i, og de satte dem på den store stein, og Betsemes' menn ofret samme dag brennoffer og slaktoffer til Herren.
- OTB
- Levittene tok ned Herrens ark og kassen ved siden av som inneholdt gjenstandene av gull, og de plasserte dem på den store steinen. Den dagen ofret folket i Bet-Semes brennoffer og gjorde ofre til Herren.
- B1930
- Og levittene tok ned Herrens ark og skrinet som stod ved den, det som gullsakene var i, og de satte dem på den store sten, og Betsemes' menn ofret samme dag brennoffer og slaktoffer til Herren.
Study notes (Tyndale)
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Cross references
Joshua 3:3
and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
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