8<\/strong>. jewels of gold<\/em> ] Jewel<\/em> is here used in a general sense = “any precious or costly object.” The Heb. word simply means “articles” or “vessels.”<\/p>\n Verse 8<\/span>. The jewels of gold<\/B><\/I>] The word keley<\/I>, which our translators so often render jewels<\/I>, signifies vessels, implements,<\/I> ornaments<\/I>, &c. A jewel of gold<\/I> has an odd sound to those who always attach the idea of a precious stone<\/I> to the term.<\/P> <\/p>\n Lay it upon the cart; <\/B>which God winked at in them, both because they were ignorant of Gods law to the contrary, and because they had no Levites to carry it upon their shoulders. <\/P> In a coffer by the side thereof; <\/B>for they durst not presume to open the ark, to put them within it. <\/P> <\/p>\n 8. take the ark of the Lord, and layit upon the cart<\/B>This mode of carrying the sacred symbol wasforbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignityexcusable (see on 2Sa 6:6<\/span>). <\/P> put the jewels . . . in acoffer by the side thereof<\/B>The way of securing treasure in theEast is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solidpart of the furniture.<\/P><\/p>\n And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart<\/strong>,…. Which was dispensed with in these uncircumcised Philistines, there being no other to do this service:<\/p>\n and put the jewels of gold<\/strong>; or rather “vessels of gold” p; the five golden emerods, and the five golden mice:<\/p>\n which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof<\/strong>; in a basket, as the Syriac version: in a scrip, as the Arabic; in a purse, or bag, as Josephus q; which latter is probable enough:<\/p>\n and send it away, that it may go<\/strong>; that is, set it a going, without any driver or guide; but leave it to take its course of itself to the land of Israel. Josephus r says it was set in a place where three ways met, that it might take which it might; and the taking of the right way must be a strong evidence of its being under the direction of God.<\/p>\n p “vasa aurea”, Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, &c. q Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2. r Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2.<\/p>\n (8) In a coffer by the side thereof.<\/strong>The reverent awe with which these Philistines treated the Ark, which had, they supposed, wrought them such great evil, presents a strong contrast to the careless curiosity of the men of Beth-shemesh with regard to the same sacred objecta careless curiosity, which was punished, as we so often find in the case of acts of sacrilege, with extreme severity.<\/p>\n 8<\/strong>. <\/strong> Jewels of gold <\/strong> Rather, vessels of gold; <\/em> that is, the golden images mentioned in 1Sa 6:4<\/span>. <\/p>\n A coffer <\/strong> A chest, or box. They did not venture to open the ark and put the golden vessels in it, but placed them in a chest beside it.<\/p>\n 1Sa 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.<\/p>\n Ver. 8. And put the jewels of gold in a coffer.] For reverence’ sake of the ark, which they durst not open.<\/p>\n jewels: 1Sa 6:4, 1Sa 6:5<\/p>\n 1Sa 6:8. In a coffer by the side thereof They had either heard, or by their present sufferings were made to fear, that it was dangerous to look into the ark; and therefore they did not open it to put their present within it.<\/p>\n 6:8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the {d} jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.<\/p>\n (d) Meaning, the golden emerods and the golden mice.<\/p>\n And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him [for] a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go. 8. jewels of gold ] Jewel is here used in a general sense … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of 1 Samuel 6:8”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-commentary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7348\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/bible-commentary\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges<\/b><\/i><\/h4>\n
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