1 Samuel 6:4

Contextual Overview

¹ And the ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ¹ The Ark of the Lord remained in Philistine territory seven months in all. ¹ And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ¹ The Philistines kept the Ark of God in their land seven months. ¹ When the ark of the Lord had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months, ¹ And the ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ¹ The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ¹Now the ark of the LORD had been in the country of the Philistines for seven months. ¹ The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. ¹ Therfor the arke of the Lord was in the cuntrei of Filisteis bi seuene monethis;

Bible Verse Review
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Five golden: 1 Samuel 6:5, 1 Samuel 6:17, 1 Samuel 6:18, 1 Samuel 5:6, 1 Samuel 5:9, Exodus 12:35, Joshua 13:3, Judges 3:3

you all: Heb. them

Reciprocal: Exodus 11:1 - Yet will 1 Samuel 6:8 - jewels 1 Samuel 6:16 - the five 1 Samuel 29:2 - the lords Psalms 78:66 - And he Psalms 107:40 - contempt Isaiah 44:11 - all his

Cross-References

Genesis 6:15
This is how you are to make it: the length of the ark 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits.

Genesis 6:15
And this is how you shall make it: the length of the ark three hundred cubits, the width of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15
This is how big I want you to build the boat: four hundred fifty feet long, seventy-five feet wide, and forty-five feet high.

Genesis 6:15
This is how you should make it: The ark is to be 450 feet long, 75 feet wide, and 45 feet high.

Genesis 6:15
And this [is the fashion] in which thou shalt make it: the length of the ark [shall be] three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15
This is how you shall make it. The length of the ark will be three hundred cubits, the breadth of it fifty cubits, and the height of it thirty cubits.

Genesis 6:15
"This is the way you are to make it: the length of the ark shall be three hundred cubits, its width fifty cubits, and its height thirty cubits (450' x 75' x 45').

Genesis 6:15
And so thou schalt make it. The lengthe of the schip schal be of thre hundrid cubitis, the brede schal be of fifti cubitis, and the hiynesse therof schal be of thretti cubitis.

Genesis 6:15
and this [is] that which thou dost with it: three hundred cubits [is] the length of the ark, fifty cubits its breadth, and thirty cubits its height;

Genesis 6:15
And this is how you are to build it: The ark is to be 300 cubits long, 50 cubits wide, and 30 cubits high.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then said they, what shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him?.... They paid a great deference to their priests and diviners, and were willing to be directed in all things by them; being ignorant of what was most proper in this case, and might be acceptable to the God of Israel:

they answered, five golden emerods, and five golden mice; images of these made of gold, as appears from the next verse; the reason of the former is easy, from the above account of the disease they were afflicted with; but of the latter no hint is given before: indeed in the Vulgate Latin and Septuagint versions of 1 Samuel 5:6 is inserted a clause, that

"mice sprung up in the midst of their country;''

which is not in the Hebrew text, nor in the Chaldee paraphrase; yet appears to be a fact from the following verse, that at the same time their bodies were smitten with emerods, their fields were overrun with mice, which destroyed the increase of them; wherefore five golden mice were also ordered as a part of the trespass offering, and five of each were pitched upon:

according to the number of the lords of the Philistines; who were five, and so the principalities under them; see Joshua 13:3

for one plague was on you all, and on your lords; the lords and common people were equally smitten with the emerods, and the several principalities were alike distressed and destroyed with the mice; and therefore the trespass offering, which was a vicarious one for them, was to be according to the number of their princes and their principalities; five emerods for the five princes and their people smitten with emerods, and five mice on account of the five cities and fields adjacent being marred by mice.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It was a prevalent custom in pagan antiquity to make offerings to the gods expressive of the particular mercy received. Thus, those saved from shipwreck offered pictures of the shipwreck, etc., and the custom still exists among Christians in certain countries.

The plague of the mice is analogous to that of the frogs in Egypt. The destructive power of field-mice was very great.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Samuel 6:4. Five golden emerods, and five golden mice — One for each satrapy. The emerods had afflicted their bodies; the mice had marred their land. Both, they considered, as sent by God; and, making an image of each, and sending them as a trespass-offering, they acknowledged this. See at the end.