Then they said, “What is the trespass offering which we shall return to Him?”

They answered, (A)“Five golden tumors and five golden rats, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines. For the same plague was on all of [a]you and on your lords. Therefore you shall make images of your tumors and images of your rats that (B)ravage the land, and you shall (C)give glory to the God of Israel; perhaps He will (D)lighten[b] His hand from you, from (E)your gods, and from your land.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:4 Lit. them
  2. 1 Samuel 6:5 ease

Then 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.

Wherefore 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.

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