1 Samuel 6:4
New International Version
4 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.
1 Samuel 6:4
King James Version
4 Then said they, What shall be the trespass offering which we shall return to him? They answered, Five golden emerods, and five golden mice, according to the number of the lords of the Philistines: for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
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1 Samuel 6:5
New International Version
5 Make models of the tumors(A) and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory(B) to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.
1 Samuel 6:5
King James Version
5 Wherefore ye shall make images of your emerods, and images of your mice that mar the land; and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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1 Samuel 6:11
New International Version
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.
1 Samuel 6:11
King James Version
11 And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
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1 Samuel 6:18
New International Version
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.
1 Samuel 6:18
King James Version
18 And the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great stone of Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Lord: which stone remaineth unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.
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