They asked, “What guilt offering should we send back to him?”

And they answered, “Five gold tumors and five gold mice(A) corresponding to the number of Philistine rulers,(B) since there was one plague for both you[a] and your rulers. Make images of your tumors and of your mice that are destroying the land. Give glory to Israel’s God,(C) and perhaps he will stop oppressing you,[b](D) your gods, and your land.(E)

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  1. 6:4 Some Hb mss, LXX; other Hb mss read them
  2. 6:5 Lit will lighten the heaviness of his hand from you

The Philistines asked, “What guilt offering should we send to him?”

They replied, “Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number(A) of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague(B) has struck both you and your rulers. Make models of the tumors(C) and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory(D) to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.

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11 Then they put the ark of the Lord on the cart, along with the box containing the gold mice and the images of their tumors.

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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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18 The number of gold mice also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities of the five rulers, the fortified cities and the outlying villages.(A) The large rock[a](B) on which the ark of the Lord was placed is still in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh today.

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  1. 6:18 Some Hb mss, LXX, Tg; other Hb mss read meadow

18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

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17 “Those who dedicate and purify themselves to enter the groves(A) following their leader,[a] eating meat from pigs, vermin,[b] and rats, will perish together.”

This is the Lord’s declaration.

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  1. 66:17 Hb obscure
  2. 66:17 Lit abhorrent things

17 “Those who consecrate and purify themselves to go into the gardens,(A) following one who is among those who eat the flesh of pigs,(B) rats(C) and other unclean things—they will meet their end(D) together with the one they follow,” declares the Lord.

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