သမ္မာ ၁ 6:14

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14 လှည်းသည် ဗက်ရှေမက်မြို့သား ယောရှု၏ လယ်ကွက်ထဲသို့ ဝင်၍ ကျောက်ကြီးအနားမှာ ရပ်နေ၏။ ထိုသူတို့သည် လှည်းကို ချိုးခွဲပြီးလျှင် နွားမတို့ကို ထာဝရဘုရားအား မီးရှို့ရာယဇ်ပြု၍ ပူဇော်ကြ၏။

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

offered: 1 Samuel 7:9-17, 1 Samuel 11:5, 1 Samuel 20:29, Exodus 20:24, Judges 6:26, Judges 21:4, 2 Samuel 24:18, 2 Samuel 24:22, 2 Samuel 24:25, 1 Kings 18:30-38

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 21:23 - the oxen

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite,.... In that part of the valley where they were reaping wheat which belonged to him, whom we nowhere else read; whether a priest or Levite, which is not improbable, since this was a city of the Levites, or a common Israelite, is not certain:

and stood there where there was a great stone; afterwards called the great stone of Abel, 1 Samuel 6:18. By the providence of God it was so ordered, that the kine made a stop just at this place; and proceeded no further, as if sensible they were come to their journey's end, and had brought the ark into the hands of its friends, and to a proper place for them to express their thankfulness for it; for this stone seemed designed to be, as it was, the altar on which the burnt offering, by way of thanksgiving for the return of the ark, was to be offered; the Jews say w this stone was the altar built by Abraham:

and they clave the wood of the cart, and offered the kine a burnt offering unto the Lord; the cart they cut in pieces, and laid the wood of it in order upon the stone, and slew the two cows, and laid their pieces on the wood, and set fire to it, and burnt them with it, as expressive of joy and thankfulness that the ark was returned. This was done, not by the lords of the Philistines, as some of the ancient Jews thought, as Kimchi relates, in which they are followed by some Christian interpreters; but by the men of Bethshemesh, as Kimchi, by the priests there; for though this was not the proper and usual place for sacrifice, nor were cows offered in sacrifice; yet this being an extraordinary case, and thank offerings were necessary as soon as the ark was returned, these things were dispensed with; and the rather, since Shiloh, where the tabernacle was, was destroyed; and besides, the ark of the Lord was here present, which sanctified the place, as it did the tabernacle, and made it fit for such service; and as for these cows, they had been employed in sacred service, and the Lord had a right unto them, and claim upon them; and it seemed not fitting that they should be after employed to any other use and service than his own; nor were the men of Bethshemesh blamed or punished for this, though they afterwards were for looking into the ark.

w Hieron. Trad. Heb. in lib. Reg. fol. 75. D.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A great stone - (Compare Genesis 28:18; Judges 13:19). This great stone was probably used as an altar on this occasion, and the kine stopping at it of their own accord was understood by the Bethshemites as an intimation that they were to offer sacrifices on it to the Lord God of Israel, who had so wonderfully brought back the ark from its captivity.

And they clave the wood of the cart ... - A similar expedient was resorted to by Araunah 2 Samuel 24:22, and by Elisha 1 Kings 19:21.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 6:14. They clave the wood of the cart — Both the cart and the cattle having been thus employed, could no longer be devoted to any secular services; therefore the cattle were sacrificed, and the cart was broken up for fuel to consume the sacrifice.