1 Samuel 6 Cross References - LITV

¹ And the ark of Jehovah was in the field of the Philistines seven months. ² And the Philistines called for priests and for diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of Jehovah? Let us know with what we shall send it to its place. ³ And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, you shall not send it away empty. For you shall certainly send a guilt offering back to Him. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand has not turned away from you. ⁴ And they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall send back to Him? And they said, The number of the rulers of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice. For one plague has been on all of you, and on your rulers. ⁵ And you shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and shall give honor to the God of Israel. It may be that He will lighten His hand from off you and from off your gods, and from off your land. ⁶ And why do you harden your heart as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? When He acted powerfully with them, did they not send them away? And they went. ⁷ And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling cows, on which a yoke has never gone up. And you shall tie the cows to the cart, and cause their young ones to return home from them. ⁸ And you shall take the ark of Jehovah and put it on the cart, and the vessels of gold which you shall return to Him for a guilt offering. Put them in a coffer in its side and send it away; and let it go. ⁹ And watch; if it goes up by way of its own border, to Bethshemesh, He has done this great evil to us. And if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that touched us; it was an accident to us. ¹⁰ And the men did so. And they took two suckling cows and tied them to the cart. And they shut their young ones in the house. ¹¹ And they placed the ark of Jehovah on the cart, and the coffer with the golden mice and the images of their hemorrhoids. ¹² And the cows went straight in the way, on the way to Beth-shemesh. They went on one highway, going and lowing. And they did not turn to the right or to the left. And the rulers of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh. ¹³ And those 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 . ¹⁴ And the cart had come to the field of Joshua the Bethshemite, and stood there. And there was a great stone. And they cut the wood of the cart, and they offered the cows as a burnt offering to Jehovah. ¹⁵ And the Levites took the ark of Jehovah down, and the coffer which was with it, in which were the vessels of gold. And they placed them on the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices in that day to Jehovah. ¹⁶ And the five rulers of the Philistines saw it, and turned back to Ekron on that day. ¹⁷ And these were the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines sent back as a guilt offering to Jehovah: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Askelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron: ¹⁸ and the golden mice, the number of all the cities of the Philistines, for the five rulers, from the fortified city even to the hamlet of the villagers, even to the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah remain until this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite. ¹⁹ And he struck among the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked into the ark of Jehovah. Yea, He struck seventy among the people, including fifty chief men. And the people mourned because Jehovah destroyed among the people with a great destruction. ²⁰ And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before Jehovah, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us? ²¹ And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of Jehovah. Come down: take it up to you.

¹ And the Philistines took the ark of God and brought it from Ebenezer to Ashdod.

³ And the men of Ashdod rose early on the next day. And, behold! Dagon had fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah! And they took Dagon and put it back in its place.

¹⁰ And they sent the ark of God around to Ekron. And it happened as the ark of God came into Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to me to put me to death, even my people. ¹¹ And they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its place. And it shall not put me to death, even my people. For there had been a great destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God had been very heavy there.

⁶¹ and delivered His strength into captivity, and His glory into the enemy's hands.

⁸ And it happened in the morning, his spirit was troubled. And he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all its wise men. And Pharaoh told them his dream, and there was no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.

¹¹ And Pharaoh also called wise men and the sorcerers. And they, the priests of Egypt, also performed by their secret arts.

⁶ For You have forsaken Your people, the house of Jacob, because they are filled from the east, and are fortunetellers like the Philistines. And they clap hands with children of foreigners.

¹² Stand now among your spells, and with your many sorceries, in which you have wearied yourself since your youth. Perhaps you will be able to profit; perhaps may cause quaking. ¹³ You are exhausted by your many plans; let those dividing the heavens stand up now and save you, the stargazers, making known what is coming on you into the new moons.

² And the king said to call to the horoscopists, and to the conjurers, and to the sorcerers and to the Chaldeans, to tell to the king his dreams. And they came and stood before the king.

⁷ The king cried aloud to bring in the conjurers, the Chaldeans, and the star gazers. The king spoke and said to the wise men of Babylon, Any man who can read this writing and reveal its meaning shall be clothed with purple, and have a chain of gold around his neck. And he shall rule third in the kingdom.

⁶ With what shall I come before Jehovah, to bow myself before the loftiness of God? Shall I come before Him with burnt offerings, with calves, sons of a year? ⁷ Will Jehovah be pleased with thousands of rams, with ten thousands of torrents of oil? Shall I give my first-born for my transgression, the fruit of my body for the sin of my soul? ⁸ O man, He has declared to you what is good. And what does Jehovah require of you, but to do justice, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God? ⁹ The voice of Jehovah calls out to the city; and one of sound wisdom will see Your name. Hear the rod, and Him who appointed it.

⁴ And having gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he asked of them where the Christ was to be born.

¹⁵ You shall keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread . Seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, as I have commanded you, at the set time of the month of Abib. For in it you came out from Egypt, and they shall not appear before Me empty.

²⁰ and a firstling of an ass, you shall redeem with a lamb. And if you do not redeem, you shall break its neck. You shall redeem every first-born of your sons, and they shall not be seen before My face empty.

⁶ And he shall bring his guilt offering to Jehovah for his sin which he has sinned, a female out of the flock, a lamb, or a doe of the goats, for a sin offering. And the priest shall atone for him regarding his sin.

¹⁵ If a person commits a trespass and sins in ignorance against the holy things of Jehovah, then he shall bring his guilt offering to Jehovah, a ram, a perfect one out of the flock, at your evaluation in silver shekels, by the shekel of the sanctuary, for a guilt offering. ¹⁶ And he shall make good that in which he sinned against the holy thing, and he shall add its fifth part to it, and give it to the priest. And the priest shall atone for him with the ram of the guilt offering; and it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁷ And if a person sins, and he has done that which is not to be done from any one of all the commands of Jehovah, and does not know, and he is guilty, and bears his iniquity, ¹⁸ then he shall bring a ram, a perfect one from the flock, at your evaluation for a guilt offering to the priest. And the priest shall atone for him, for his sin of ignorance which he erred, and he did not know; and it shall be forgiven him. ¹⁹ It is a guilt offering; truly he is guilty before the face of Jehovah.

⁶ And he shall bring his guilt offering to Jehovah: a ram, a perfect one out of the flock, at your evaluation for a guilt offering, to the priest.

¹ And this is the law of the guilt offering; it is most holy. ² In the place where they kill the burnt offering, they shall kill the guilt offering, and its blood shall be sprinkled on the altar all around. ³ And all its fat shall be brought near, he shall offer the fat tail of it, and the fat which covers the inward parts, ⁴ and the two kidneys, and the fat on them, on the flanks, and the fold above the liver beside the kidneys, he shall remove. ⁵ And the priest shall burn them as incense on the altar, a fire offering to Jehovah; it is a guilt offering. ⁶ Every male among the priests shall eat it; it shall be eaten in the holy place. It is most holy. ⁷ As a sin offering is, so a guilt offering. One law is for them The priest who makes atonement by it, it is his.

¹⁶ Three times in a year shall all your males appear before Jehovah your God in the place which He shall choose: In the Feast of Unleavened Bread, and in the Feast of Weeks and in the Feast of Tabernacles. And they shall not appear before Jehovah empty,

⁷ And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and said, The ark of God of Israel shall not remain with us, for His hand has been hard on us, and on our god Dagon.

⁹ And it happened after they had brought it around, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction. And He struck the men of the city, from the least to the greatest; and hemorrhoids broke forth in them.

¹¹ And they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its place. And it shall not put me to death, even my people. For there had been a great destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God had been very heavy there.

⁹ And watch; if it goes up by way of its own border, to Bethshemesh, He has done this great evil to us. And if not, then we shall know that it is not His hand that touched us; it was an accident to us.

² I will say to God, Do not condemn me; make me know why You contend with me.

³¹ For has any said to God, I have taken away; I will not pervert? ³² Besides what I see, You teach me; if I have done iniquity, I will not do it again.

³⁵ And the sons of Israel did according to the word of Moses. And they asked from the Egyptians articles of silver and articles of gold, and clothing.

³ from Shihor which fronts on Egypt, and to the border of Ekron northward (it is counted to the Canaanites) five lords of the Philistines, of Gaza, of Ashdod, of Ashkelon, of Gath, and of Ekron; also the Avim.

³ five lords of the Philistines, and all the Canaanites, and the Sidonians, and the Hivites that lived in Mount Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to the entering of Hamath.

⁶ And the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the men of Ashdod. And He wasted them, and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders.

¹² And the men who had not died were stricken with hemorrhoids. And the cry of the city went up to the heavens.

⁵ And you shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and shall give honor to the God of Israel. It may be that He will lighten His hand from off you and from off your gods, and from off your land.

¹⁷ And these were the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines sent back as a guilt offering to Jehovah: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Askelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron: ¹⁸ and the golden mice, the number of all the cities of the Philistines, for the five rulers, from the fortified city even to the hamlet of the villagers, even to the great meadow on which they placed the ark of Jehovah remain until this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite.

⁵ And Jehovah said to Moses, Say to Aaron, Stretch out your hand with your staff over the rivers, over the canals, and over the pools. And bring up frogs on the land of Egypt.

¹⁷ And they did so, and Aaron stretched out his hand with his staff and struck the dust of the earth. And the lice were on man and on beast. All the dust of the earth became lice in the land of Egypt.

²⁴ And Jehovah did so. And teeming swarms of flies came into Pharaoh's house, and the house of his servants, and into all the land of Egypt. And the land was destroyed before the swarms of flies .

¹⁴ And the locusts went up over all the land of Egypt, and rested on all the territory of Egypt, exceedingly many. Never were there locusts like them before, and afterward none will be like them. ¹⁵ And they covered the eye of the earth, and the land became dark. And they ate every plant of the land, and all the fruit of the trees that the hail had left. And no greenness was left in the trees and in the plants of the field in all the land of Egypt.

¹² And I will pass through in the land of Egypt in this night. And I will strike every first born in the land of Egypt, from man even to livestock. And I will execute judgments on all the gods of Egypt. I am Jehovah!

⁴ And the Egyptians were burying those whom Jehovah had smitten among them, every first-born, and Jehovah had executed judgments on their gods.

¹⁹ And Joshua said to Achan, My son, I beg you, give glory to Jehovah, the God of Israel, and give thanks to Him, and please tell me what you have done. Do not hide it from me.

³ And the men of Ashdod rose early on the next day. And, behold! Dagon had fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah! And they took Dagon and put it back in its place. ⁴ And they rose early in the morning on the next day; and, behold! Dagon had fallen on its face to the earth before the ark of Jehovah, and the head of Dagon, and the two palms of its hands, were cut off at the threshold. Only the flat part had been left to him.

⁶ And the hand of Jehovah was heavy on the men of Ashdod. And He wasted them, and struck them with hemorrhoids, Ashdod and its borders. ⁷ And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and said, The ark of God of Israel shall not remain with us, for His hand has been hard on us, and on our god Dagon.

⁴⁴ At the hearing of the ear they listen to me; the sons of foreigners shall bow down to me.

⁴ For by day and by night Your hand was heavy on me; my sap was turned into the droughts of summer. Selah.

¹⁰ Remove Your stroke from me; I am consumed by the blow of Your hand.

³ Say to God, How fearful are Your works! Through the greatness of Your power, Your enemies pretend obedience to You.

¹ The burden of Egypt: Behold! Jehovah rides on a light cloud and comes into Egypt. And the idols of Egypt shall tremble from before Him; and the heart of Egypt shall melt in its midst.

¹² They give glory to Jehovah and declare His praise in the coastlands.

¹³ Only acknowledge your iniquity, that you have rebelled against Jehovah your God and have scattered your ways to the strangers under every green tree, and you have not obeyed My voice, says Jehovah.

¹⁶ Give glory to Jehovah your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains. Yea, while you look for light, He puts it into death shade, setting up deep gloom.

⁴ What was left by the cutter, the swarming locust ate; and that left of the swarming locust, the locust larvae ate; and that left of the locust larvae, the stripping locust ate. ⁵ Awake, drunkards, and weep. And wail, all wine drinkers, over the grape must, for it is cut off from your mouth. ⁶ For a nation has come up on my land, strong and without number; its teeth are the teeth of a lion, and it has the jaw teeth of a lioness. ⁷ He has laid my vine waste and has splintered my fig tree. He has stripped it, and he threw it away; its branches grow white.

²⁵ And I will restore to you the years which the swarming locust has eaten, the locust larvae, and the stripping locust, and the cutting locust, My great army which I sent among you.

² If you will not hear, and if you will not set it on your heart to give glory to My name, says Jehovah of hosts, then I will send the curse on you, and I will curse your blessings. And indeed, I have cursed it, because you are not setting it on your heart.

²⁴ Then a second time they called the man who was blind, and they said to him, Give glory to God. We know that this man is a sinner.

¹³ And in that hour a great earthquake occurred, and the tenth part of the city fell. And there were killed in the earthquake seven thousand names of men. And the rest became terrified, and gave glory to the God of Heaven.

⁷ saying in a great voice, Fear God, and give glory to Him, because the hour of His judgment has come; also, Worship "Him who has made the heaven, and the earth, and the sea," and the fountains of waters. Ex. 20:11

⁹ And men were burned with great heat. And they blasphemed the name of God, the One having authority over these plagues and they did not repent to give Him glory.

¹³ And the heart of Pharaoh was hardened, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

¹⁵ And Pharaoh saw that there was relief. And he made his heart heavy, and he did not listen to them, as Jehovah had said.

³² And Pharaoh hardened his heart this time also, and he did not send away the people.

¹⁶ And for this reason I have made you stand, in order to cause you to see My power, and in order to declare My name in all the land.

³⁴ And Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunder had ceased, and he continued to sin. And he hardened his heart, he and his servants.

³ And Moses and Aaron went in to Pharaoh and said to him, So says Jehovah the God of the Hebrews, Until when will you refuse to humble yourself before Me? Send away My people so that they may serve Me.

³¹ And he called Moses and Aaron by night, and said, Arise, go out from the midst of my people, both you and the sons of Israel. And go serve Jehovah according to your word. ³² Take both your flocks and your herds, as you said, and go. And bless me also. ³³ And the Egyptians were strong on the people, to hasten to send them away from the land. For they said, All of us are about to die.

¹⁷ And behold! I am about to harden the heart of the Egyptians. And they will go after them. And I will be honored through Pharaoh and through his armies, through his chariots, and through his horsemen.

²³ And the Egyptians pursued, and all the horses of Pharaoh came after them, his chariots and his horsemen, into the middle of the sea.

¹⁴ Peoples heard; they tremble; trembling seized the dwellers of Philistia. ¹⁵ Then the chiefs of Edom were terrified; the leaders of Moab were seized by trembling; all the dwellers of Canaan were melted. ¹⁶ Terrors and dread fell on them; by the greatness of Your arm; they are silent as a stone, until Your people pass through, O Jehovah, until pass through the people whom You have bought.

⁴ He is wise in heart and mighty in strength; who has been hard against Him, and been at peace?

⁸ do not harden your heart as in the day of strife, as in the day of testing in the wilderness;

⁵ But according to your hardness and your impenitent heart, do you treasure up to yourself wrath in a day of wrath, and revelation of a righteous judgment of God?

¹³ But exhort yourselves each day, as long as it is being called today, that not any of you be hardened by the deceit of sin.

² This is the statute of the law which Jehovah has commanded, saying, Speak to the sons of Israel, that they bring you a red heifer, a perfect one, in which there is no blemish, on which no yoke ever came.

³ And they caused the ark of God to ride on a new cart, and took it from the house of Abinadab, which is in the hill. And Uzzah and Ahio the sons of Abinadab were leading the new cart.

⁷ And they made the ark of God to ride on a new cart from the house of Abinadab. And Uzza and Ahio were leading the cart.

³ And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, you shall not send it away empty. For you shall certainly send a guilt offering back to Him. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand has not turned away from you. ⁴ And they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall send back to Him? And they said, The number of the rulers of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice. For one plague has been on all of you, and on your rulers. ⁵ And you shall make images of your hemorrhoids, and images of your mice that are corrupting the land, and shall give honor to the God of Israel. It may be that He will lighten His hand from off you and from off your gods, and from off your land.

¹⁰ And the border turned around from Baalah westward to Mount Seir, and passed toward the side of Mount Jearim on the north (it is Chesalon) and went down to Beth-shemesh, and passed along by Timnah;

¹⁶ and Ain and its open lands, and Juttah and its open lands, and Beth-shemesh and its open lands; nine cities out of those two tribes.

³ And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, you shall not send it away empty. For you shall certainly send a guilt offering back to Him. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why His hand has not turned away from you.

⁶ And the youth who was telling him said, By chance I happened to be on Mount Gilboa. And behold, Saul was leaning on his spear. And, behold, the chariots and the masters of horses closely followed him!

¹¹ I returned and saw under the sun that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the mighty; nor even bread to the wise; nor even riches to the men of discernment; nor even favor to knowing men. For time and occurrence happen to them all.

¹¹ Jehovah, Your hand is high; they do not see; they see, and are ashamed of the zeal of the people. Yea, the fire of Your foes devours them.

⁶ If a ram's horn is blowing in a city, will the people not also tremble? If there is a calamity in a city, has Jehovah not even done it ?

³¹ But by a coincidence, a certain priest was going on that road; and seeing him, he passed on the opposite side .

¹³ Because you did not do so at the first, Jehovah our God broke in against us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance. ¹⁴ And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel. ¹⁵ And the sons of the Levites carried the ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Jehovah, by staves above on the shoulders.

¹⁹ And the sons of Israel said to him, We shall go in the highway; and if we drink of your waters, our cattle and us, then I shall give their price. Only let me pass through on my feet; there shall be no harm.

²⁴ You shall make an altar of earth for Me, and you shall sacrifice your burnt offerings and your peace offerings on it, your sheep and your cattle. In every place in which I cause My name to be remembered, I will come to you and will bless you.

²⁶ And you shall build an altar to Jehovah your God on the top of this stronghold, in an orderly way, and shall take the second bullock and offer a burnt offering with the wood of the pillar which you have cut down.

⁴ And it happened on the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings.

⁹ And Samuel took a milk lamb and offered a whole burnt offering to Jehovah. And Samuel cried to Jehovah for Israel. And Jehovah answered him. ¹⁰ And it happened as Samuel offered up the burnt offering, the Philistines drew near to battle against Israel. And Jehovah thundered with a great noise on that day, on the Philistines, and troubled them. And they were stricken before Israel. ¹¹ And the men of Israel went out from Mizpah and pursued the Philistines, and struck them as far as below Beth-car. ¹² And Samuel took a stone and set it between Mizpah and Shen, and called its name Ebenezer, saying, Jehovah has helped us until now. ¹³ And the Philistines were subdued and did not yet again come into the border of Israel. And the hand of Jehovah was on the Philistines all the days of Samuel. ¹⁴ And the cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath. And Israel delivered their border out of the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between Israel and the Amorites. ¹⁵ And Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life. ¹⁶ And He went from year to year, traveling a circuit to Bethel, and Gilgal, and Mizpah, and judged Israel in all these places. ¹⁷ And he returned to Ramah, for his house was there. And there he judged Israel; and he built an altar to Jehovah there.

⁵ And, behold, Saul came behind the oxen from the field. And Saul said, What is it to the people, that they weep? And they related to him the words of the men of Jabesh.

²⁹ And he said, Please send me away, for we have a family sacrifice in the city, and my brother commanded me. And now, if I have found favor in your eyes, please let me be released, and to see my brothers. So he has not come to the table of the king.

¹⁸ And Gad came in to David on that day and said to him, Go up, raise up an altar to Jehovah in the threshingfloor of Araunah the Jebusite.

²² And Araunah said to David, Let my lord the king take and offer up that which is good in his eyes. Behold, the oxen for a burnt offering, and the threshing instruments, and the yokes of the oxen for wood.

²⁵ And David built an altar there to Jehovah, and offered burnt offering and peace offerings. And Jehovah was entreated for the land; and the plague was stayed from Israel.

³⁰ And Elijah said to all the people, Come near to me. And all the people came near to him; and he healed the altar of Jehovah that had been broken down. ³¹ And Elijah took twelve stones, according to the number of the tribes of the sons of Jacob, to whom the word of Jehovah came, saying, Israel shall be your name. ³² And he built an altar with the stones in the name of Jehovah, and made a trench around the altar large as two seahs of seed in space. ³³ And he arranged the wood, and cut the bullock in pieces, and placed it on the wood, and said, Fill four water jars of water and pour on the burnt offering and on the wood. ³⁴ And he said, Do it a second time; and they did it a second time; and he said, Do it a third time; and they did it a third time. ³⁵ And the water went around the altar, and also he filled the trench with water. ³⁶ And it happened at the offering of the sacrifice, that Elijah the prophet came near and said, O Jehovah, the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel, let it be known today that you are God in Israel, and I Your servant, that by Your word I have done all these things. ³⁷ Answer me, O Jehovah, answer me; and this people shall know that You are Jehovah God; and You shall turn their hearts back again. ³⁸ And fire fell from Jehovah and burned up the burnt offering, and the wood, and the stones, and the dust, and the water in the trench was licked up.

²¹ And he returned from following him, and took the pair of oxen, and sacrificed them, and boiled their flesh with the yoke of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose and went after Elijah and ministered to him.

³ And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests, and the Levites bearing it, then you shall move from your place and shall go after it.

⁵ And the Philistine rulers came to her and said to her, Entice him, and see in what lies his great strength, and by what we may prevail against him, so that we may bind him, to afflict him. And we will surely each give to you eleven hundred of silver.

²³ And the Philistine rulers gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon, and to exult. And they said, Our god has given our enemy Samson into our hand. ²⁴ And the people saw him, and praised their god. For they said, Our god has delivered our enemy into our hand, even the devastator of our land, who multiplied our wounded. ²⁵ And it happened when their heart felt good, they said, Call for Samson, and he shall entertain us. And they called for Samson from the prison house. And he entertained them. And they made him stand between the pillars. ²⁶ And Samson said to the young man grasping his hand, Let me alone, and let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, that I may lean on them. ²⁷ And the house was full of men and women, and all the Philistine rulers were there. And about three thousand men and women were on the roof watching Samson entertaining. ²⁸ And Samson called to Jehovah, and said, O Lord Jehovah, remember me, I pray, and please make me strong only his time, O God. And I shall be avenged with one vengeance on the Philistines, because of my two eyes. ²⁹ And Samson grasped the two middle pillars on which the house rested, and on which it was supported; one with his right hand, and one with his left. ³⁰ And Samson said, Let my soul die with the Philistines! And he bowed mightily, and the house fell on the rulers, and on all the people who were in it. And the dead that he killed in his death were more than those the killed in his life.

¹⁰ And they sent the ark of God around to Ekron. And it happened as the ark of God came into Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to me to put me to death, even my people.

⁴ And they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall send back to Him? And they said, The number of the rulers of the Philistines, five golden hemorrhoids, and five golden mice. For one plague has been on all of you, and on your rulers.

¹² And the cows went straight in the way, on the way to Beth-shemesh. They went on one highway, going and lowing. And they did not turn to the right or to the left. And the rulers of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh.

¹⁸ And Judah captured Gaza and its border, and Askelon and its border, and Ekron and its border.

¹ And Samson went to Gaza, and saw a woman there, a harlot, and went in to her.

²¹ And the Philistines seized him, and bored out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza. And they bound him with bands of bronze. And he was grinding in the house of prisoners.

⁸ And they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel go around to Gath. And they brought around the ark of the God of Israel.

²⁰ Tell it not in Gath; do not make it known in the streets of Ashkelon, that the daughters of the Philistines not rejoice; that the daughters of the uncircumcised not exult.

²² These four here born to Rapha the giant in Gath. And they fell by the hand of David, by the hand of his servants.

² And Ahaziah fell through the lattice in his upper room in Samaria, and was sick. And he sent messengers and said to them, Go, ask of Baal-zebub the god of Ekron if I will recover from this sickness.

⁶ And he went out and fought with the Philistines, and broke down the wall of Gath, and the wall of Jabneh, and the wall of Ashdod, and built cities around Ashdod, and among the Philistines.

²⁰ and all the mixed people, and all the kings of the land of Uz, and all the kings of the land of the Philistines, and Askelon, and Gaza, and Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod,

⁷ But I will send a fire against the wall of Gaza, and it shall devour its palaces. ⁸ And I will cut off Ashdod's dwellers and him who holds the scepter from Ashkelon; and I will turn My hand against Ekron; and the remnant of the Philistines shall perish, says the Lord Jehovah.

² Cross to Calneh and see; and from there go to the great Hamath; then go down to Gath of the Philistines. Are they better than these kingdoms, or their border than your border?

⁵ Ashkelon shall see and fear; Gaza also shall writhe in great pain; and Ekron shall be ashamed for her hope. And the king shall perish from Gaza, and Ashkelon shall not be inhabited. ⁶ And a bastard shall dwell in Ashdod, and I will cut off the pride of the Philistines.

⁵ All these cities were fortified with high walls, gates and double-leaved doors, besides a great many of the unwalled towns.

¹⁴ And the cart had come to the field of Joshua the Bethshemite, and stood there. And there was a great stone. And they cut the wood of the cart, and they offered the cows as a burnt offering to Jehovah. ¹⁵ And the Levites took the ark of Jehovah down, and the coffer which was with it, in which were the vessels of gold. And they placed them on the great stone. And the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices in that day to Jehovah. ¹⁶ And the five rulers of the Philistines saw it, and turned back to Ekron on that day.

²¹ And Jehovah said to Moses, Go down, warn the people lest they break through to gaze at Jehovah, and many of them fall.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, each took his censer and put fire in them; and they put incense on it and brought strange fire before Jehovah, which He had not commanded them. ² And fire went out from before Jehovah and consumed them; and they died before Jehovah. ³ And Moses said to Aaron, It is that which Jehovah has spoken, saying, I will be sanctified by those drawing near to Me; and I will be honored before all the people. And Aaron was silent.

⁴ This shall be the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, the Holy of Holies. ⁵ Aaron and his sons shall come in, when the camp pulls out, and shall take down the veil of the hanging, and shall cover the ark of the testimony with it.

¹⁵ And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the sanctuary vessels as the camp sets forward, then afterwards the sons of Kohath shall come in to carry. And they shall not touch the holy thing, that they may not die. These are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

²⁰ And they shall not go in to see when the holy thing is covered, that they may not die.

²⁹ The secret things belong to Jehovah our God; and the things revealed belong to us and to our sons forever, that we may do all the words of this law.

⁷ then the anger of Jehovah glowed against Uzzah. And God struck him there for the fault. And he died there by the ark of God.

⁹ And when they came to the threshing-floor of Chidon, then Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled. ¹⁰ And the anger of Jehovah burned against Uzza, and He struck him, because he had put out his hand on the ark:; and he died there before God.

¹⁸ Let no one condemn you, delighting in humility and worship of the angels, pushing into things which he has not seen, being puffed up by the mind of his flesh without a cause,

¹⁷ Because the time has come to begin the judgment from the house of God; and if firstly from us, what will be the end of the ones disobeying the gospel of God?

⁴⁵ for I am Jehovah who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to become your God; and you shall be holy, for I am holy.

¹² And the sons of Israel spoke to Moses, saying, Behold, we die. we perish, we all perish. ¹³ Anyone who draws near to the tabernacle of Jehovah shall die; shall we be consumed to die?

⁸ And they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines to them, and said, What shall we do with the ark of the God of Israel? And they said, Let the ark of the God of Israel go around to Gath. And they brought around the ark of the God of Israel. ⁹ And it happened after they had brought it around, the hand of Jehovah was against the city with a very great destruction. And He struck the men of the city, from the least to the greatest; and hemorrhoids broke forth in them. ¹⁰ And they sent the ark of God around to Ekron. And it happened as the ark of God came into Ekron, the Ekronites cried out, saying, They have brought around the ark of the God of Israel to me to put me to death, even my people. ¹¹ And they sent and gathered all the rulers of the Philistines, and said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it return to its place. And it shall not put me to death, even my people. For there had been a great destruction throughout all the city. The hand of God had been very heavy there. ¹² And the men who had not died were stricken with hemorrhoids. And the cry of the city went up to the heavens.

⁹ And David feared Jehovah on that day, and said, How shall the ark of Jehovah come to me?

¹¹ And it burned to David, for Jehovah had broken a breach against Uzza; and he called that place, The Breach of Uzza to this day. ¹² And David feared God on that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God to me? ¹³ And David did not bring the ark to himself, to the City of David, but carried it aside to the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

⁷ You, even You, are terrifying; and who can stand before You when You are angry?

² But who can endure the day of His coming? And who will stand when He appears? For He is like a refiner's fire and like fuller's soap.

⁸ And seeing, Simon Peter fell at the knees of Jesus, saying, Depart from me, for I am a sinful man, Lord.

³⁷ And all the multitude of the neighborhood of the Gadarenes were seized with a great fear. And they asked Him to depart from them. And entering into the boat, He returned.

¹⁷ because the great day of His wrath has come; and who is able to stand?

¹⁷ And the sons of Israel pulled up and came to their cities on the third day. And their cities were Gibeon, and Chephirah, and Beeroth, and Kirjath-jearim.

⁹ And the border was drawn from the top of the mount to the fountain of the waters of Nephtoah; and it went up to the cities of Mount Ephron; and the border was drawn to Baalah (it is Kirjath-jearim).

⁶⁰ Kirjath-baal, which is Kirjath-jearim, and Rabbah; two cities and their villages.

¹⁴ and the border was drawn and went around to the sea coast southward, from the hill which fronts on Beth-horon southward; and its boundary line was at the city of Baal it is Kirjath-jearim, a city of the sons of Judah; this is the west side.

¹² And they went up and camped in Kirjath-jearim, in Judah. Therefore they called that place a camp of Dan until this day. Behold, it is behind Kirjathjearim.

⁵ And David gathered all Israel, from Shihor of Egypt even to the entering in of Hamath, to bring in the ark of God from Kirjath-jearim. ⁶ And David and all Israel went up to Baalah, to Kirjath-jearim of Judah, to bring up from there the ark of Jehovah God, who dwells among the cherubs, where the Name was called on.

⁶⁰ And He left the tabernacle of Shiloh; the tent He dwelt in among men;

¹² But go now to My place which was in Shiloh, where I made My name dwell at the first, and see what I did to it for the evil of My people Israel.

¹⁴ And I will do to the house on which My name is called, in which you are trusting, and to the place which I gave to you and to your fathers, as I have done to Shiloh.