1 Samuel 6:6 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 6:6

Why harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened theirs? When He afflicted them, did they not send the people on their way as they departed?

BSB

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ASV

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

KJV

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

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Commentary

2 voices

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Wherefore, &c. - They express themselves thus, either because some opposed the sending home the ark, though most had consented to it; or because they thought they would hardly send it away in the manner prescribed, by giving glory to God, and taking shame to themselves.

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The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

It seems they were well acquainted with the Mosaic history, and could cite precedents out of it. This good use we should make of the remaining records of God's judgments upon obstinate sinners, we should by them be warned not to harden our hearts as they did. It is much cheaper to learn by other people's experience than by our own.

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Original language & word study

16 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְלָ֤מָּה	ve.La.mah	and <to> why?	H4100 →
תְכַבְּדוּ֙	te.kha.be.Du	will you harden	H3513 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
לְבַבְכֶ֔ם	le.vav.Khem	heart your	H3824 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֧ר	ka.'a.Sher	just as	H834 →
כִּבְּד֛וּ	ki.be.Du	they hardened	H3513 →
מִצְרַ֥יִם	mitz.Ra.yim	Egypt	H4713 →
וּפַרְעֹ֖ה	u.far.'Oh	and Pharaoh	H6547 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
לִבָּ֑ם	li.Bam	heart their	H3820 →
הֲלוֹא֙	ha.lO'	¿ not	H3808 →
כַּאֲשֶׁ֣ר	ka.'a.Sher	just when	H834 →
הִתְעַלֵּ֣ל	hit.'a.Lel	he dealt wantonly	H5953 →
בָּהֶ֔ם	ba.Hem	with <the> them
וַֽיְשַׁלְּח֖וּם	vay.sha.le.Chum	and they sent away them	H7971 →
וַיֵּלֵֽכוּ׃	vai.ye.Le.khu	and they went	H1980 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Psalms 95:8
do not harden your hearts as you did at Meribah, in the day at Massah in the wilderness,
leads to
- Exodus 17:7
  He named the place Massah and Meribah because the Israelites quarreled, and because they tested the LORD, saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?”
- Hebrews 3:8–9
  do not harden your hearts, as you did in the rebellion, in the day of testing in the wilderness,
- Numbers 20:13
  These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
- Numbers 14:11
  And the LORD said to Moses, “How long will this people treat Me with contempt? How long will they refuse to believe in Me, despite all the signs I have performed among them?
- Numbers 14:22
  not one of the men who have seen My glory and the signs I performed in Egypt and in the wilderness—yet have tested Me and disobeyed Me these ten times—
Through
Exodus 7:13
Still, Pharaoh’s heart was hardened, and he would not listen to them, just as the LORD had said.
leads to
- Exodus 4:21
  The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 8:15
When Pharaoh saw that there was relief, however, he hardened his heart and would not listen to Moses and Aaron, just as the LORD had said.
leads to
- Ecclesiastes 8:11
  When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
Through
Exodus 14:17
And I will harden the hearts of the Egyptians so that they will go in after them. Then I will gain honor by means of Pharaoh and all his army and chariots and horsemen.
leads to
- Exodus 14:8
  And the LORD hardened the heart of Pharaoh king of Egypt so that he pursued the Israelites, who were marching out defiantly.

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03The walk

Where the connections lead

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06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About 1 Samuel