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1 Samuel 6:4-6
Lexham English Bible

4 And they said, “What is the guilt offering that we should return to him?” They said, “The number of the rulers of the Philistines is five. Therefore send five gold tumors[a] and five gold mice, because one plague was on all of you and all your rulers. 5 You must make images of your tumors[b] and images of your mice that are ravaging the land, and you must give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will lighten his hand on you and on your gods and on your land. 6 Why should you harden your hearts like the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their heart? Is it not just like when he dealt with them wantonly so that they sent them away and they left?

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  1. 1 Samuel 6:4 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “boils”; the reading tradition (Qere) has “tumors”
  2. 1 Samuel 6:5 The Masoretic Hebrew text (Kethib) reads “boils”; the reading tradition (Qere) has “tumors”
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