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2 Samuel 6:13
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Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
when they: Numbers 4:15, Numbers 7:9, Joshua 3:3, 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:15, 1 Chronicles 15:25, 1 Chronicles 15:26
oxen: 1 Kings 8:5, 2 Chronicles 5:6
Reciprocal: 1 Samuel 15:9 - the fatlings 2 Samuel 15:24 - bearing Psalms 66:15 - I will offer
Cross-References
When man began to multiply on the face of the land and daughters were born to them,
And it came to pass, when man began to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
The number of people on earth began to grow, and daughters were born to them.
When humankind began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
And it came to pass, when men began to multiply on the face of the earth, and daughters were born to them,
It happened, when men began to multiply on the surface of the ground, and daughters were born to them,
Now it happened, when men began to multiply on the face of the land, and daughters were born to them,
And whanne men bigunnen to be multiplied on erthe, and hadden gendrid douytris,
And it cometh to pass that mankind have begun to multiply on the face of the ground, and daughters have been born to them,
Now when men began to multiply on the face of the earth and daughters were born to them,
Gill's Notes on the Bible
And it was [so], that when they that bare the ark of the Lord,.... The Levites; for now David had seen the former mistake, and rectified it, and ordered the Levites to "carry" it, as they did upon their shoulders, with the staves therein, see 1 Chronicles 15:2; when these
had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings; upon an altar, which was at once erected for that purpose; the number and kind of sacrifices offered were seven bullocks and seven rams, 1 Chronicles 15:26; and these David offered, not by himself, but by the priests that were with him, and that as soon as they had gone six paces from the house of Obededom; whereby they perceived the Levites, were able to carry the ark, with what was in it, the Lord helping them, as in 1 Chronicles 15:2, and without stumbling and falling, or any evil attending them; and Kimchi thinks these six paces were just the measure of the ground Uzzah went before what befell him; but it is highly probable that he had gone further; however, no doubt by the order of David, the Levites set down the ark, and sacrifices were offered by way of thanksgiving to God, and for the continuance of his goodness, and for atonement for former errors. Some think these seven oxen and rams were offered, at seven different times and places, at every six paces an ox and a ram; but this is not very likely.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The meaning is, not that they sacrificed oxen and fatlings every six steps, which would have been impossible, but that when - after the arrangement made by David for the Levites to carry the ark 1 Chronicles 15:2, 1 Chronicles 15:12, 1 Chronicles 15:15 they had borne it successfully and with visible tokens of Godâs favor, out of the house of Obed-edom and six âstepsâ on the road to the city of David to the sound of the musical instruments - then they stopped and offered solemn sacrifices. Possibly âthe stepâ may have had a technical sense, and denoted a certain distance, say a stadium. Six such distances would have been nearly a mile, and if the ground was difficult and steep, the successful progress of âthose that bare the ark,â so far, would have been a fit cause for a thanksgiving sacrifice.
