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OET SA1 6 V17 V18 V19

OET by section 1 SAM 6:17

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The gold replicas

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6:17 The gold replicas

17 The gold replicas of tumours that the Pelishtim sent back as a guilt offering to Yahweh were for the five cities: Ashdod, Azah (Gaza), Ashkelon, Gat, and Ekron. 18 And the gold mice were from the number of all the Pelishti cities under the five rulers, including fortified cities as well as the villages in the open country, and as far as the large stone that they sat Yahweh’s box on. (It’s still in Yehoshua’s (Joshua) field in Beyt-Shemesh (Heliopolis) until this day.)

19 But some Beyt-Shemesh men looked into Yahweh’s box, and he killed seventy[fn] of them. The people mourned because Yahweh had caused such devastation among the people.

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6:19 TC: The oldest Hebrew text has 50,070 men being killed here, making it hard to imagine how that many men kept clambering over dead bodies to look into the sacred chest. (But possibly we’re not understanding the situation correctly?) We have followed later manuscripts here.

17 And_these are_the_tumors_of the_gold which the_Pəlishtiy they_sent_back a_guilt_offering to/for_YHWH for_ʼAshdōd one[fn] for_ˊAzzāh one for_ʼAshqəlōn one for_Gat one for_ˊEqrōn one.

18 And_the_mice_of the_gold the_number_of all_of the_cities_of belonging_to_the_Pəlishtiy of_the_five_of the_rulers from_a_city_of fortification and_unto (the)_village[s]_of the_hamlet-dweller[s] and_unto ʼĀⱱēl the_great which they_set_down on/upon_it(f) DOM the_box_of YHWH until the_day the_this in_the_field_of Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the Bēyt.

19 And_he_struck_down among_the_people_of Bēyt Shemesh if/because they_had_looked in_the_box_of YHWH and_he_struck_down among_people seventy man fifty thousand man and_ the_people _they_mourned if/because YHWH he_had_struck (in)_people a_blow great[fn]

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6:17 OSHB note: We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

6:19 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.

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