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You should make offerings in the likeness of tumors and in the likeness of the mice that have been ravaging the land, and give glory to the God of Israel. Perhaps he will ease up on you, your gods, and your land.

“Why would you harden your hearts, like the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he dealt harshly with them, did they not let them go, and they went their way?

[a]“Prepare a cart drawn by two milk cows that have calves but have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take the calves away, leading them home.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:7 This passage depicts another Philistine ploy to determine if the god of the Israelites was responsible for bringing them harm. God had his own reasons for showing them his power over the milk cows.

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. Why do you harden(C) your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them,(D) did they(E) not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?

“Now then, get a new cart(F) ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked.(G) Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

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