1 Samuel 6:15

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

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  • Josh 3:3 : 3 Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

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  • 1 Sam 6:7-14
    8 verses
    85%

    7So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:

    8And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering in a chest by its side; and send it away so that it may go.

    9If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then we may be certain that the evil was not his doing, but was the working of chance.

    10And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in their living-place:

    11And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.

    12And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turning to the right or to the left, and the sound of their voices was clear on the road; and the lords of the Philistines went after them as far as the edge of Beth-shemesh.

    13And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes they saw the ark and were full of joy when they saw it.

    14And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great stone: and cutting up the wood of the cart they made a burned offering of the cows to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 6:12-13
    2 verses
    79%

    12And they said to King David, The blessing of the Lord is on the family of Obed-edom and on all he has, because of the ark of God. And David went and took the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the town of David with joy.

    13And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

  • 1 Sam 6:16-21
    6 verses
    79%

    16And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.

    17Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

    18And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled towns as well as country places: and the great stone where they put the ark of the Lord is still in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite to this day.

    19But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

    20And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

    21And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.

  • 1 Sam 6:1-3
    3 verses
    76%

    1Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

    2And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, What are we to do with the ark of the Lord? How are we to send it away to its place?

    3And they said, If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it without an offering, but send him a sin-offering with it: then you will have peace again, and it will be clear to you why the weight of his hand has not been lifted from you.

  • 1 Chr 15:25-26
    2 verses
    76%

    25So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

    26And when God gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, they made an offering of seven oxen and seven sheep.

  • 2 Sam 6:17
    76%

    17And they took in the ark of the Lord, and put it in its place inside the tent which David had put up for it: and David made burned offerings and peace-offerings to the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    75%

    1Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • 1 Chr 15:14-15
    2 verses
    75%

    14So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

    15And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • 2 Sam 6:6
    74%

    6And when they came to Nacon's grain-floor, Uzzah put his hand on the ark of God to keep it safe in its place, for the oxen were out of control.

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    73%

    1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    73%

    15So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

  • 2 Sam 6:2-4
    3 verses
    73%

    2And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

    3And they put the ark of God on a new cart and took it out of the house of Abinadab which was on the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were the drivers of the cart.

    4And Uzzah went by the side of the ark, while Ahio went before it.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    72%

    4All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

    5They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

  • 1 Chr 15:12
    72%

    12And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

  • 1 Sam 5:1-2
    2 verses
    72%

    1Now the Philistines, having taken the ark of God, took it with them from Eben-ezer to Ashdod.

    2They took the ark of God into the house of Dagon and put it by the side of Dagon.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    71%

    3And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

    4They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
    71%

    3And when the people came back to their tents, the responsible men of Israel said, Why has the Lord let the Philistines overcome us today? Let us get the ark of the Lord's agreement here from Shiloh, so that it may be with us and give us salvation from the hands of those who are against us.

  • 1 Chr 13:9
    71%

    9And when they came to the grain-floor of Chidon, Uzza put out his hand to keep the ark in its place, for the oxen were slipping.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    71%

    6And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.

    7And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.

  • 2 Chr 6:11
    71%

    11And there I have put the ark, in which is the agreement of the Lord, which he made with the people of Israel.

  • 2 Sam 6:10
    71%

    10So David did not let the ark of the Lord come back to him to the town of David: but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

  • 1 Sam 4:6
    70%

    6And the Philistines, hearing the noise of their cry, said, What is this great cry among the tents of the Hebrews? Then it became clear to them that the ark of the Lord had come to the tent-circle.

  • 1 Chr 15:28
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    28So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.

  • 1 Chr 15:2
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    2Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

  • Josh 6:24
    70%

    24Then, after burning up the town and everything in it, they put the silver and gold and the vessels of brass and iron into the store-house of the Lord's house.

  • 1 Sam 5:8
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    8So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.

  • Josh 6:12
    70%

    12And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.