1 Samuel 6:15 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 6:15

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

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ASV

And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

KJV

And the Levites took down the ark of the Lord, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth–shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Lord.

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Commentary

2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The word “Levites” here probably means priests Exo 4:14, sons of Levi, since Bethshemesh was one of the cities of the priests Jos 21:13-16. The burnt offering of the kine was not in any sense the offering of the men of Bethshemesh, but rather of the Philistine lords to whom the cart and the kine belonged. But the Bethshemites themselves, in token of their gratitude for such a signal mercy, now offered both burnt offerings and sacrifices, probably peace offerings, and doubtless feasted together with great joy and gladness (see 1Ki 8:62-66; Ezr 6:16-17).

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Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

And, the case being extraordinary, the law for offering at the altar in the court of the tabernacle was dispensed with, and the more easily because Shiloh was now dismantled; God himself had forsaken it, and the ark, which was its chief glory, they had with them here.

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Original language & word study

27 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם	ve.hal.vi.Yim	and the Levites	H3881 →
הוֹרִ֣ידוּ׀	ho.Ri.du	they brought down	H3381 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
אֲר֣וֹן	'a.Ron	[the] ark of	H727 →
יְהוָ֗ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
וְאֶת־	ve.'Et	and <obj.>	H853 →
הָאַרְגַּ֤ז	ha.'ar.Gaz	the box	H712 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
אִתּוֹ֙	'i.To	[was] with it	H854 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
בּ֣וֹ	bo	[were] in <the> it
כְלֵֽי־	khe.lei-	[the] articles of	H3627 →
זָהָ֔ב	za.Hav	gold	H2091 →
וַיָּשִׂ֖מוּ	vai.ya.Si.mu	and they put [them]	H7760 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
הָאֶ֣בֶן	ha.'E.ven	the stone	H68 →
הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה	ha.ge.do.Lah	<the> large	H1419 →
וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י	ve.'an.Shei	and [the] people of	H582 →
בֵֽית־	veit-	Beth	H1053 →
שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ	She.mesh	Shemesh	H1053 →
הֶעֱל֨וּ	he.'e.Lu	they offered up	H5927 →
עֹל֜וֹת	o.Lot	burnt offerings	H5930 →
וַֽיִּזְבְּח֧וּ	vai.yiz.be.Chu	and they sacrificed	H2076 →
זְבָחִ֛ים	ze.va.Chim	sacrifices	H2077 →
בַּיּ֥וֹם	bai.Yom	on the day	H3117 →
הַה֖וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
לַֽיהוָֽה׃	la.Yah.weh	to Yahweh	H3068 →

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Joshua 3:3
and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 31:9
  So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 6:13
  When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- Exodus 13:21–22
  And the LORD went before them in a pillar of cloud to guide their way by day, and in a pillar of fire to give them light by night, so that they could travel…
- Joshua 3:8
  Command the priests carrying the ark of the covenant: ‘When you reach the edge of the waters, stand in the Jordan.’”
- Numbers 10:33
  So they set out on a three-day journey from the mountain of the LORD, with the ark of the covenant of the LORD traveling ahead of them for those three days to seek a…

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