1Sa 6:4 Cross References

1 Samuel 6:4

4: "What sort of guilt offering should we send?" they asked. And they were told, "Since the plague has struck both you and your five rulers, make five gold tumors and five gold rats, just like those that have ravaged your land.

Joshua 13:3

  1. territory that belongs to the Canaanites. This land extends from the stream of Shihor, which is on the boundary of Egypt, northward to the boundary of Ekron,

Judges 3:3

  1. These were the nations: the Philistines (those living under the five Philistine rulers), all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites living in the hill country of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.

1 Samuel 6:17

  1. The five gold tumors that were sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the LORD were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
  2. The five gold rats represented the five Philistine cities and their surrounding villages, which were controlled by the five rulers. The large rock at Beth-shemesh, where they set the Ark of the LORD, still stands in the field of Joshua as a reminder of what happened there.

1 Samuel 5:6

  1. Then the LORD began to afflict the people of Ashdod and the nearby villages with a plague of tumors.

1 Samuel 5:9

  1. But when the Ark arrived at Gath, the LORD began afflicting its people, young and old, with a plague of tumors, and there was a great panic.

1 Samuel 5:12

  1. Those who didn't die were afflicted with tumors; and there was weeping everywhere.

Exodus 12:35

  1. And the people of Israel did as Moses had instructed and asked the Egyptians for clothing and articles of silver and gold.

1 Samuel 6:5

  1. Make these things to show honor to the God of Israel. Perhaps then he will stop afflicting you, your gods, and your land.
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