1 Samuel 6
1 and to be ark LORD in/on/with land: country Philistine seven month
When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines seven months,
2 and to call: call to Philistine to/for priest and to/for to divine to/for to say what? to make: do to/for ark LORD to know us in/on/with what? to send: depart him to/for place his
the Philistines summoned the priests and diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how to send it back to its place.”
3 and to say if to send: depart [obj] ark God Israel not to send: depart [obj] him emptily for to return: return to return: return to/for him guilt (offering) then to heal and to know to/for you to/for what? not to turn aside: turn aside hand: power his from you
They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”
4 and to say what? [the] guilt (offering) which to return: return to/for him and to say number lord Philistine five (tumor *Q(K)*) gold and five mouse gold for plague one to/for all their and to/for lord your
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines. “Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
5 and to make image (tumor your *Q(K)*) and image mouse your [the] to ruin [obj] [the] land: country/planet and to give: give to/for God Israel glory perhaps to lighten [obj] hand: power his from upon you and from upon God your and from upon land: country/planet your
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
6 and to/for what? to honor: heavy [obj] heart your like/as as which to honor: heavy Egyptian and Pharaoh [obj] heart their not like/as as which to abuse in/on/with them and to send: depart them and to go: went
Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?
7 and now to take: take and to make cart new one and two heifer to nurse which not to ascend: rise upon them yoke and to bind [obj] [the] heifer in/on/with cart and to return: return son: young animal their from after them [the] house: home [to]
Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
8 and to take: take [obj] ark LORD and to give: put [obj] him to(wards) [the] cart and [obj] article/utensil [the] gold which to return: return to/for him guilt (offering) to set: put in/on/with box from side his and to send: depart [obj] him and to go: went
Take the ark of the LORD, set it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending Him as a guilt offering. Then send the ark on its way,
9 and to see: see if way: road border: area his to ascend: rise Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh he/she/it to make: do to/for us [obj] [the] distress: harm [the] great: large [the] this and if not and to know for not hand: power his to touch in/on/with us accident he/she/it to be to/for us
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
10 and to make: do [the] human so and to take: take two heifer to nurse and to bind them in/on/with cart and [obj] son: young animal their to restrain in/on/with house: home
So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
11 and to set: put [obj] ark LORD to(wards) [the] cart and [obj] [the] box and [obj] mouse [the] gold and [obj] image tumor their
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.
12 and to smooth [the] heifer in/on/with way: journey upon way: direction Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh in/on/with highway one to go: walk to go: journey and to low and not to turn aside: turn aside right and left and lord Philistine to go: follow after them till border: boundary Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh
And the cows headed straight up the road toward Beth-shemesh, staying on that one highway and lowing as they went, never straying to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed behind them to the border of Beth-shemesh.
13 and Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh to reap harvest wheat in/on/with valley and to lift: look [obj] eye their and to see: see [obj] [the] ark and to rejoice to/for to see: see
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 and [the] cart to come (in): come to(wards) land: country Joshua Bethshemite [the] Bethshemite and to stand: stand there and there stone great: large and to break up/open [obj] tree: wood [the] cart and [obj] [the] heifer to ascend: offer up burnt offering to/for LORD
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.
15 and [the] Levi to go down [obj] ark LORD and [obj] [the] box which with him which in/on/with him article/utensil gold and to set: make to(wards) [the] stone [the] great: large and human Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh to ascend: offer up burnt offering and to sacrifice sacrifice in/on/with day [the] he/she/it to/for 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 five lord Philistine to see: see and to return: return Ekron in/on/with day [the] he/she/it
And when the five rulers of the Philistines saw this, they returned to Ekron that same day.
17 and these tumor [the] gold which to return: return Philistine guilt (offering) to/for LORD to/for Ashdod one to/for Gaza one to/for Ashkelon one to/for Gath one to/for Ekron one
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
18 and mouse [the] gold number all city Philistine to/for five [the] lord from city fortification and till village [the] villager and till Abel [the] great: large which to rest upon her [obj] ark LORD till [the] day: today [the] this in/on/with land: country Joshua Bethshemite [the] Bethshemite
The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
19 and to smite in/on/with human Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh for to see: see in/on/with ark LORD and to smite in/on/with people seventy man fifty thousand man and to mourn [the] people for to smite LORD in/on/with people wound (great: large *LB(ah)*)
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
20 and to say human Beth-shemesh Beth-shemesh who? be able to/for to stand: stand to/for face: before LORD [the] God [the] holy [the] this and to(wards) who? to ascend: rise from upon us
The men of Beth-shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom should the ark go up from here?”
21 and to send: depart messenger to(wards) to dwell Kiriath-jearim Kiriath-jearim to/for to say to return: return Philistine [obj] ark LORD to go down to ascend: establish [obj] him to(wards) you
So they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath-jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up with you.”
