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Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods*, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.a
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Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods*, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfullyb among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?
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Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
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And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
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And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, 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.
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And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
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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.
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And the kine took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, 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 Bethshemesh.
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And they of Bethshemesh 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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And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the LORD.
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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 Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.
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And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the LORD; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
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And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the greatc stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the LORD: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
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And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
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And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the LORD; come ye down, and fetch it up to you.
La Biblia de las Américas (Español) BLA
1 Samuel 6:4
Y los filisteos preguntaron: ¿Cuál será la ofrenda por la culpa que hemos de devolverle? Y ellos dijeron: Cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratones de oro conforme al número de los príncipes de los filisteos, porque la misma plaga estuvo sobre todos vosotros y sobre vuestros príncipes.
English Standard Version ESV
1 Samuel 6:4
And they said, "What is the guilt offering that we shall return to him?" They answered, "Five golden 1tumors and five golden mice, 2according to the number of the lords of the Philistines, for the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
La Biblia del Jubileo 2000 JBS
1 Samuel 6:4
Y ellos dijeron: ¿Y qué será la expiación de la culpa que le pagaremos? Y ellos respondieron: Conforme al número de los cardinales de los filisteos, cinco hemorroides de oro, y cinco ratones de oro, porque la misma plaga que todos tienen, tienen también vuestros príncipes
New King James Version NKJV
1 Samuel 6:4
Then they said, "What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?" They answered, "Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of you and on your lords.
Nueva Traducción Viviente NTV
1 Samuel 6:4
—¿Qué clase de ofrenda por la culpa debemos enviar? —preguntaron.
Entonces les respondieron:
—Ya que la plaga los hirió a ustedes y a sus cinco gobernantes, elaboren cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratas de oro como los que asolaron la tierra.
Entonces les respondieron:
—Ya que la plaga los hirió a ustedes y a sus cinco gobernantes, elaboren cinco tumores de oro y cinco ratas de oro como los que asolaron la tierra.
Nueva Versión Internacional NVI
1 Samuel 6:4
—¿Y qué le debemos ofrecer? —preguntaron los filisteos.—Cinco figuras de oro en forma de tumor —respondieron aquellos— y otras cinco en forma de rata, conforme al número de jefes filisteos, pues la misma plaga los ha azotado a ustedes y a sus jefes.
La Biblia Reina-Valera (Español) RVR
1 Samuel 6:4
Y ellos dijeron: ¿Y qué será la expiación que le pagaremos? Y ellos respondieron: Conforme al número de los príncipes de los Filisteos, cinco hermorroides de oro, y cinco ratones de oro, porque la misma plaga que todos tienen, tienen también vuestros príncipes.
Sagradas Escrituras (1569) (Español) SEV
1 Samuel 6:4
Y ellos dijeron: ¿Y qué será la expiación que le pagaremos? Y ellos respondieron: Conforme al número de los príncipes de los filisteos, cinco hemorroides de oro, y cinco ratones de oro, porque la misma plaga que todos tienen, tienen también vuestros príncipes.
Herramientas de Estudio para 1 Samuel 6:4-21
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