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1 Samuel 6:3

They replied, “If you return the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means return it to Him with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why His hand has not been lifted from you.”

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ASV

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

KJV

And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.

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Original language & word study

25 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.Ruand they saidH559 →
אִֽם־'im-ifH518 →
מְשַׁלְּחִ֞יםme.sha.le.Chim[you are] about to send awayH7971 →
אֶת־'et-<obj.>H853 →
אֲר֨וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
אֱלֹהֵ֤י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵל֙Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אַל־'al-may notH408 →
תְּשַׁלְּח֤וּte.sha.le.Chuyou send awayH7971 →
אֹתוֹ֙'o.To<obj.> itH853 →
רֵיקָ֔םrei.KamemptyH7387 →
כִּֽי־ki-forH3588 →
הָשֵׁ֥בha.Shevcertainly <to send back>H7725 →
תָּשִׁ֛יבוּta.Shi.vuyou will send backH7725 →
ל֖וֹloto <the> him
אָשָׁ֑ם'a.Shama guilt offeringH817 →
אָ֤ז'azthenH227 →
תֵּרָֽפְאוּ֙te.ra.fe.'Uyou will be healedH7495 →
וְנוֹדַ֣עve.no.Da'and it will be knownH3045 →
לָכֶ֔םla.Khemby <the> you
לָ֛מָּהLa.mah<to> why?H4100 →
לֹא־lo'-notH3808 →
תָס֥וּרta.Surdoes it turn asideH5493 →
יָד֖וֹya.Dohand hisH3027 →
מִכֶּֽם׃mi.Kemfrom <the> you

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1 Samuel 6:9but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”Exodus 23:15You are to keep the Feast of Unleavened Bread as I commanded you: At the appointed time in the month of Abib you are to eat unleavened bread for seven days, because that was the month you came out of Egypt. No one may appear before Me empty-handed.Deuteronomy 16:16Three times a year all your men are to appear before the LORD your God in the place He will choose: at the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the Feast of Weeks, and the Feast of Tabernacles. No one should appear before the LORD empty-handed.Exodus 34:20You must redeem the firstborn of a donkey with a lamb; but if you do not redeem it, you are to break its neck. You must redeem all the firstborn of your sons. No one shall appear before Me empty-handed.Job 10:2I will say to God: Do not condemn me! Let me know why You prosecute me.1 Samuel 5:11Then the Ekronites assembled all the rulers of the Philistines and said, “Send away the ark of the God of Israel. It must return to its place, so that it will not kill us and our people!” For a deadly confusion had pervaded the city; the hand of God was heavy upon it.Job 34:31–32Suppose someone says to God, ‘I have endured my punishment; I will offend no more.1 Samuel 5:7And when the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel must not stay here with us, because His hand is heavy upon us and upon our god Dagon.”1 Samuel 5:9But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.Leviticus 5:6and he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD for the sin he has committed: a female lamb or goat from the flock as a sin offering. And the priest will make atonement for him concerning his sin.Leviticus 6:6Then he must bring to the priest his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram of proper value from the flock.Leviticus 5:15–19“If someone acts unfaithfully and sins unintentionally against any of the LORD’s holy things, he must bring his guilt offering to the LORD: an unblemished ram from the flock, of proper value in silver shekels according to the sanctuary shekel; it is a guilt offering.Leviticus 7:1–7“Now this is the law of the guilt offering, which is most holy:Exodus 8:19“This is the finger of God,” the magicians said to Pharaoh. But Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.

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