1 Samuel 6:4-5
Common English Bible
4 “What compensation offering should we return to him?” they asked.
The priests and diviners replied: “Five gold tumors[a] and five gold mice,[b] matching the number of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague came on all of you and your rulers. 5 You must make images of your tumors and the mice that have devastated the land. Honor Israel’s God. Perhaps he will lighten the weight of his hand on you, your gods, and your land.
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- 1 Samuel 6:4 Kethib; Qere hemorrhoids (cf Deut 28:27); also in 6:5; see note at 6:11.
- 1 Samuel 6:4 LXX lacks and five gold mice.
1 Samuel 6:4-5
New King James Version
4 Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?”
They answered, (A)“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 [a]you and on your lords. 5 Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that (B)ravage the land, and you shall (C)give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will (D)lighten[b] His hand from you, from (E)your gods, and from your land.
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- 1 Samuel 6:4 Lit. them
- 1 Samuel 6:5 ease
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