1 Samuel 6:7 BSB — MannaFest

1 Samuel 6:7

Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

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ASV

Now therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;

KJV

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

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Commentary

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Albert Barnes

1798–1870

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

A new cart ... kine on which there hath come no yoke - This was so ordered in reverence to the ark, and was a right and true feeling. See Mar 11:2; Mat 27:60. For the supposed special virtue of new things, see Jdg 16:7, Jdg 16:11.

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John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Milch kine, &c. - In respect to the ark; and for the better discovery, because such untamed heifers are apt to wander, and keep no certain and constant paths, as oxen accustomed to the yoke do, and therefore were most unlikely to keep the direct road to Israel's land.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְעַתָּ֗ה	ve.'a.Tah	and therefore	H6258 →
קְח֨וּ	ke.Chu	take	H3947 →
וַעֲשׂ֜וּ	va.'a.Su	and make	H6213 →
עֲגָלָ֤ה	'a.ga.Lah	a cart	H5699 →
חֲדָשָׁה֙	cha.da.Shah	new	H2319 →
אֶחָ֔ת	'e.Chat	one	H259 →
וּשְׁתֵּ֤י	u.she.Tei	and two	H8147 →
פָרוֹת֙	fa.rOt	cows	H6510 →
עָל֔וֹת	a.Lot	nursing	H5763 →
אֲשֶׁ֛ר	'a.Sher	which	H834 →
לֹא־	lo'-	not	H3808 →
עָלָ֥ה	'a.Lah	it has gone up	H5927 →
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם	'a.lei.Hem	on them	H5921 →
עֹ֑ל	'Ol	a yoke	H5923 →
וַאֲסַרְתֶּ֤ם	va.'a.sar.Tem	and you will harness	H631 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
הַפָּרוֹת֙	ha.pa.rOt	the cows	H6510 →
בָּעֲגָלָ֔ה	ba.'a.ga.Lah	on the cart	H5699 →
וַהֲשֵׁיבֹתֶ֧ם	va.ha.shei.vo.Tem	and you will take back	H7725 →
בְּנֵיהֶ֛ם	be.nei.Hem	young ones their	H1121 →
מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖ם	me.'a.cha.rei.Hem	from after them	H310 →
הַבָּֽיְתָה׃	ha.Ba.ye.tah	the house towards	H1004 →

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Numbers 19:2
“This is the statute of the law that the LORD has commanded: Instruct the Israelites to bring you an unblemished red heifer that has no defect and has never been placed under a yoke.
leads to
- Deuteronomy 21:3
  Then the elders of the city nearest the victim shall take a heifer that has never been yoked or used for work,
- Leviticus 22:20–25
  You must not present anything with a defect, because it will not be accepted on your behalf.
- 1 Peter 1:19
  but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.
- Philippians 2:6–8
  Who, existing in the form of God, did not consider equality with God something to be grasped,
- Malachi 1:13–14
  You also say: ‘Oh, what a nuisance!’ And you turn up your nose at it,” says the LORD of Hosts. “You bring offerings that are stolen, lame, or sick! Should I accept these from…
Through
1 Chronicles 13:7
So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
leads to
- Numbers 4:15
  When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they…
- 1 Chronicles 15:2
  Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
Through
2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
leads to
- Numbers 7:4–9
  And the LORD said to Moses,

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About 1 Samuel

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

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The walk

Related verses

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About 1 Samuel