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World English Bible

1 Samuel 6 (WEBP)

[1] Yahweh’s ark was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
[2] The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with Yahweh’s ark? Show us how we should send it to its place.”
[3] They said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don’t send it empty; but by all means return a trespass offering to him. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.”
[4] Then they said, “What should the trespass offering be which we shall return to him?” They said, “Five golden tumors and five golden mice, for the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
[5] Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his hand from you, from your gods, and from your land.
[6] Why then do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, didn’t they let the people go, and they departed?
[7] “Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart and two milk cows on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
[8] and take Yahweh’s ark and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass offering, in a box by its side; and send it away, that it may go.
[9] Behold, if it goes up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has done us this great evil; but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that struck us. It was a chance that happened to us.”
[10] The men did so, and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
[11] They put Yahweh’s ark on the cart, and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
[12] The cows took the straight way by the way to Beth Shemesh. They went along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn away to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Beth Shemesh.
[13] The people 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] The cart came into the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and stood there, where there was a great stone. Then they split the wood of the cart and offered up the cows for a burnt offering to Yahweh.
[15] The Levites took down Yahweh’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 Yahweh.
[16] When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
[17] These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
[18] and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on which they set down Yahweh’s ark. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
[19] He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into Yahweh’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
[20] The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
[21] They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back Yahweh’s ark. Come down and bring it up to yourselves.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

1 Samuel 6 (KJVS)

[1] And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
[2] And the Philistines called () for the priests and the diviners, () saying, () What shall we do () to the ark of the Lord? tell () us wherewith we shall send () it to his place.
[3] And they said, () If ye send away () the ark of the God of Israel, send () it not empty; but in any wise () return () him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, () and it shall be known () to you why his hand is not removed () from you.
[4] 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.
[5] 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.
[6] Wherefore then do ye harden () your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened () their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully () among them, did they not let the people go, () and they departed? ()
[7] 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:
[8] 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. ()
[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:
[11] 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.
[14] And the cart came () into the field of Joshua, a Beth-shemite, 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.
[15] 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.
[16] And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen () it, they returned () to Ekron the same day.
[17] 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;
[18] 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 great stone of Abel, whereon they set down () the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Beth-shemite.
[19] And he smote () the men of Beth-shemesh, 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.
[20] And the men of Beth-shemesh said, () Who is able () to stand () before this holy Lord 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 brought again () the ark of the Lord; come ye down, () and fetch it up () to you.

1 Samuel 6:4 Heb. them
1 Samuel 6:6a Or, reproachfully
1 Samuel 6:6b Heb. them
1 Samuel 6:9 Or, it
1 Samuel 6:18 Or, great stone [possibly a mistake in the KJV notes? I verified with 1611 scan]

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

1 Samuel 6 (BYZ)

[1] Καὶ () ἦν () ἡ () κιβωτὸς () ἐν () ἀγρῷ () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () ἑπτὰ () μῆνας, () καὶ () ἐξέζεσεν ἡ () γῆ () αὐτῶν () μύας.
[2] Καὶ () καλοῦσιν () ἀλλόφυλοι () τοὺς () ἱερεῖς () καὶ () τοὺς () μάντεις καὶ () τοὺς () ἐπαοιδοὺς αὐτῶν () λέγοντες () Τί () ποιήσωμεν () τῇ () κιβωτῷ () κυρίου; () Γνωρίσατε () ἡμῖν () ἐν () τίνι () ἀποστελοῦμεν () αὐτὴν () εἰς () τὸν () τόπον () αὐτῆς. ()
[3] Καὶ () εἶπαν Εἰ () ἐξαπεστέλλετε () ὑμεῖς () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () διαθήκης () κυρίου () θεοῦ () Ισραηλ, () μὴ () δὴ () ἐξαποστείλητε () αὐτὴν () κενήν, () ἀλλὰ () ἀποδιδόντες () ἀπόδοτε () αὐτῇ () τῆς () βασάνου, () καὶ () τότε () ἰαθήσεσθε, () καὶ () ἐξιλασθήσεται ὑμῖν, () μὴ () οὐκ () ἀποστῇ () ἡ () χεὶρ () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν. ()
[4] Καὶ () λέγουσιν () Τί () τὸ () τῆς () βασάνου () ἀποδώσομεν () αὐτῇ; () Καὶ () εἶπαν Κατ’ () ἀριθμὸν () τῶν () σατραπῶν τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () πέντε () ἕδρας χρυσᾶς, () ὅτι () πταῖσμα ἓν () ὑμῖν () καὶ () τοῖς () ἄρχουσιν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () τῷ () λαῷ, ()
[5] καὶ () μῦς χρυσοῦς () ὁμοίωμα () τῶν () μυῶν ὑμῶν () τῶν () διαφθειρόντων () τὴν () γῆν· () καὶ () δώσετε () τῷ () κυρίῳ () δόξαν, () ὅπως () κουφίσῃ () τὴν () χεῖρα () αὐτοῦ () ἀφ’ () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῶν () θεῶν () ὑμῶν () καὶ () ἀπὸ () τῆς () γῆς () ὑμῶν. ()
[6] Καὶ () ἵνα () τί () βαρύνετε τὰς () καρδίας () ὑμῶν, () ὡς () ἐβάρυνεν Αἴγυπτος () καὶ () Φαραω () τὴν () καρδίαν () αὐτῶν; () Οὐχὶ () ὅτε () ἐνέπαιξεν () αὐτοῖς, () ἐξαπέστειλαν () αὐτούς, () καὶ () ἀπῆλθον; ()
[7] Καὶ () νῦν () λάβετε () καὶ () ποιήσατε () ἅμαξαν καινὴν () καὶ () δύο () βόας () πρωτοτοκούσας ἄνευ () τῶν () τέκνων () καὶ () ζεύξατε τὰς () βόας () ἐν () τῇ () ἁμάξῃ καὶ () ἀπαγάγετε () τὰ () τέκνα () ἀπὸ () ὄπισθεν () αὐτῶν () εἰς () οἶκον· ()
[8] καὶ () λήμψεσθε () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () καὶ () θήσετε () αὐτὴν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ἅμαξαν καὶ () τὰ () σκεύη () τὰ () χρυσᾶ () ἀποδώσετε () αὐτῇ () τῆς () βασάνου () καὶ () θήσετε () ἐν () θέματι βερσεχθαν ἐκ () μέρους () αὐτῆς () καὶ () ἐξαποστελεῖτε () αὐτὴν () καὶ () ἀπελάσατε () αὐτήν, () καὶ () ἀπελεύσεται· ()
[9] καὶ () ὄψεσθε, () εἰ () εἰς () ὁδὸν () ὁρίων () αὐτῆς () πορεύσεται () κατὰ () Βαιθσαμυς, αὐτὸς () πεποίηκεν () ἡμῖν () τὴν () κακίαν () ταύτην () τὴν () μεγάλην, () καὶ () ἐὰν () μή, () καὶ () γνωσόμεθα () ὅτι () οὐ () χεὶρ () αὐτοῦ () ἧπται () ἡμῶν, () ἀλλὰ () σύμπτωμα τοῦτο () γέγονεν () ἡμῖν. ()
[10] Καὶ () ἐποίησαν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () οὕτως () καὶ () ἔλαβον () δύο () βόας () πρωτοτοκούσας καὶ () ἔζευξαν αὐτὰς () ἐν () τῇ () ἁμάξῃ καὶ () τὰ () τέκνα () αὐτῶν () ἀπεκώλυσαν εἰς () οἶκον ()
[11] καὶ () ἔθεντο () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () ἐπὶ () τὴν () ἅμαξαν καὶ () τὸ () θέμα εργαβ καὶ () τοὺς () μῦς τοὺς () χρυσοῦς. ()
[12] Καὶ () κατεύθυναν () αἱ () βόες () ἐν () τῇ () ὁδῷ () εἰς () ὁδὸν () Βαιθσαμυς, ἐν () τρίβῳ () ἑνὶ () ἐπορεύοντο () καὶ () ἐκοπίων () καὶ () οὐ () μεθίσταντο () δεξιὰ () οὐδὲ () ἀριστερά· () καὶ () οἱ () σατράπαι τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () ἐπορεύοντο () ὀπίσω () αὐτῆς () ἕως () ὁρίων () Βαιθσαμυς.
[13] Καὶ () οἱ () ἐν () Βαιθσαμυς ἐθέριζον () θερισμὸν () πυρῶν ἐν () κοιλάδι· καὶ () ἦραν () ὀφθαλμοὺς () αὐτῶν () καὶ () εἶδον () κιβωτὸν () κυρίου () καὶ () ηὐφράνθησαν () εἰς () ἀπάντησιν () αὐτῆς. ()
[14] Καὶ () ἡ () ἅμαξα εἰσῆλθεν () εἰς () ἀγρὸν () Ωσηε () τὸν () ἐν () Βαιθσαμυς, καὶ () ἔστησαν () ἐκεῖ () παρ’ () αὐτῇ () λίθον () μέγαν () καὶ () σχίζουσιν () τὰ () ξύλα () τῆς () ἁμάξης καὶ () τὰς () βόας () ἀνήνεγκαν () εἰς () ὁλοκαύτωσιν τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[15] Καὶ () οἱ () Λευῖται () ἀνήνεγκαν () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () τοῦ () κυρίου () καὶ () τὸ () θέμα εργαβ μετ’ () αὐτῆς () καὶ () τὰ () ἐπ’ () αὐτῆς () σκεύη () τὰ () χρυσᾶ () καὶ () ἔθεντο () ἐπὶ () τοῦ () λίθου () τοῦ () μεγάλου, () καὶ () οἱ () ἄνδρες () Βαιθσαμυς ἀνήνεγκαν () ὁλοκαυτώσεις καὶ () θυσίας () ἐν () τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ () τῷ () κυρίῳ. ()
[16] Καὶ () οἱ () πέντε () σατράπαι τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () ἑώρων () καὶ () ἀνέστρεψαν () εἰς () Ἀσκαλῶνα τῇ () ἡμέρᾳ () ἐκείνῃ. ()
[17] Καὶ () αὗται () αἱ () ἕδραι αἱ () χρυσαῖ, ἃς () ἀπέδωκαν () οἱ () ἀλλόφυλοι () τῆς () βασάνου () τῷ () κυρίῳ· () τῆς () Ἀζώτου () μίαν, () τῆς () Γάζης () μίαν, () τῆς () Ἀσκαλῶνος μίαν, () τῆς () Γεθ μίαν, () τῆς () Ακκαρων μίαν. ()
[18] Καὶ () μῦς οἱ () χρυσοῖ () κατ’ () ἀριθμὸν () πασῶν () πόλεων () τῶν () ἀλλοφύλων () τῶν () πέντε () σατραπῶν ἐκ () πόλεως () ἐστερεωμένης () καὶ () ἕως () κώμης () τοῦ () Φερεζαίου καὶ () ἕως () λίθου () τοῦ () μεγάλου, () οὗ () ἐπέθηκαν () ἐπ’ () αὐτοῦ () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () διαθήκης () κυρίου, () τοῦ () ἐν () ἀγρῷ () Ωσηε () τοῦ () Βαιθσαμυσίτου.
[19] Καὶ () οὐκ () ἠσμένισαν οἱ () υἱοὶ () Ιεχονιου () ἐν () τοῖς () ἀνδράσιν () Βαιθσαμυς, ὅτι () εἶδαν () κιβωτὸν () κυρίου· () καὶ () ἐπάταξεν () ἐν () αὐτοῖς () ἑβδομήκοντα () ἄνδρας () καὶ () πεντήκοντα () χιλιάδας () ἀνδρῶν. () Καὶ () ἐπένθησεν () ὁ () λαός, () ὅτι () ἐπάταξεν () κύριος () ἐν () τῷ () λαῷ () πληγὴν () μεγάλην () σφόδρα. ()
[20] Καὶ () εἶπαν οἱ () ἄνδρες () οἱ () ἐκ () Βαιθσαμυς Τίς () δυνήσεται () διελθεῖν () ἐνώπιον κυρίου () τοῦ () ἁγίου () τούτου; () Καὶ () πρὸς () τίνα () ἀναβήσεται () κιβωτὸς () κυρίου () ἀφ’ () ἡμῶν; ()
[21] Καὶ () ἀποστέλλουσιν () ἀγγέλους () πρὸς () τοὺς () κατοικοῦντας () Καριαθιαριμ λέγοντες () Ἀπεστρόφασιν () ἀλλόφυλοι () τὴν () κιβωτὸν () κυρίου· () κατάβητε () καὶ () ἀναγάγετε () αὐτὴν () πρὸς () ἑαυτούς. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, Inc., Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.