1 Samuel 6
- 1And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months.
- 2And the Philistines called for the priests and the fortune-tellers, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Tell us with which we shall send it to his place.
- 3And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. But in any way return him a guilt offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
- 4Then they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden tumors, 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.
- 5Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land. You shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
- 6Therefore then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they left?
- 7Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
- 8And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a guilt offering, in a coffer by its side. Send it away, that it may go.
- 9And if it goes up by the way of his own border to Bethshemesh, 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.
- 10And the men did so. Took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
- 11And they laid the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
- 12And the cows took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, mooing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. The lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh.
- 13And they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they looked up and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
- 14And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt offering to the Lord.
- 15And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, in which 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 to the Lord.
- 16And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
- 17And these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the Lord, for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
- 18And 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 of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
- 19And he struck the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he struck of the people fifty thousand and seventy men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had struck many of the people with a great slaughter.
- 20And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And who shall he go up to from us?
- 21And they sent messengers to the people of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord. Come down, and get it up to you.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of 1 Samuel 6 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the Philistines called for the priests and the fortune-tellers, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Tell us with which we shall send it to his place.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty. But in any way return him a guilt offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen they said, What shall be the guilt offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden tumors, 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.
KJVWherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land. You shall give glory to the God of Israel: perhaps he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
KJVWherefore 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?
GIGAKJVTherefore then do you harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had worked wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they left?
KJVNow 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:
GIGAKJVNow therefore make a new cart, and take two milk cows, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd take the ark of the Lord, and lay it on the cart. Put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a guilt offering, in a coffer by its side. Send it away, that it may go.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd if it goes up by the way of his own border to Bethshemesh, 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.
KJVAnd the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
GIGAKJVAnd the men did so. Took two milk cows, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
KJVAnd they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
GIGAKJVAnd they laid the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the cows took the straight way to the way of Bethshemesh, and went along the highway, mooing as they went, and did not turn aside to the right hand or to the left. The lords of the Philistines went after them to the border of Bethshemesh.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they of Bethshemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley: and they looked up and saw the ark, and rejoiced to see it.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split the wood of the cart, and offered the cows a burnt offering to the Lord.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, in which 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 to the Lord.
KJVAnd 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;
GIGAKJVAnd these are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the Lord, for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one.
KJVAnd 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 Bethshemite.
GIGAKJVAnd 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 of Abel, on which they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd he struck the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord, even he struck of the people fifty thousand and seventy men: and the people lamented, because the Lord had struck many of the people with a great slaughter.
KJVAnd the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
GIGAKJVAnd the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? And who shall he go up to from us?
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they sent messengers to the people of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have brought again the ark of the Lord. Come down, and get it up to you.
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