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1 Samuel 6:11

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11 They placed the ark of the LORD on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.
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1 Samuel 6:11 in Other Translations

KJV
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
ESV
11 And they put the ark of the LORD on the cart and the box with the golden mice and the images of their tumors.
NLT
11 Then the Ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold rats and gold tumors were placed on the cart.
MSG
11 and placed the Chest of God and the sack of gold rats and tumors on the cart.
CSB
11 Then they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the box [containing] the gold mice and the images of the tumors.

1 Samuel 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 6:11

And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart
Perhaps the same men that made the cart; however they were the Philistines, yet were not punished for touching it, as Uzzah was, though an Israelite, ( 2 Samuel 6:6 2 Samuel 6:7 )

and the coffer with the mice of gold, and the images of their emerods;
which coffer was placed in a purse or bag hung at the side of the ark, with the golden mice and emerods in it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Samuel 6:11 In-Context

9 but keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then the LORD has brought this great disaster on us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us but that it happened to us by chance.”
10 So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves.
11 They placed the ark of the LORD on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.
12 Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.
13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.
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