Cross references
1 Samuel 6:4
“What guilt offering should we send back to Him?” asked the Philistines.
“Five gold tumors and five gold rats,” they said, “according to the number of rulers of the Philistines, since the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.
1 Samuel 6:4 has 8 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Joshua 13:3 (5 votes) and Judges 3:3 (5 votes). 12 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Exodus 11 to Isaiah 44.
Which verses does 1 Samuel 6:4 point to?
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- Joshua 13:35 votes
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the five Philistine rulers of Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron, as well as that of the Avvites;
- Judges 3:35 votes
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Lebanon from Mount Baal-hermon to Lebo-hamath.
- 1 Samuel 6:17–185 votes
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. The number of gold rats also corresponded to the number of Philistine cities belonging to the five rulers—the fortified cities and their outlying villages. And the large rock on which they placed the ark of the LORD stands to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth-shemesh.
- 1 Samuel 5:64 votes
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumors.
- 1 Samuel 5:94 votes
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion and afflicting the men of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors.
- Exodus 12:352 votes
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothing.
- 1 Samuel 5:122 votes
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.
- 1 Samuel 6:52 votes
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He will lift His hand from you and your gods and your land.
Which verses point to 1 Samuel 6:4?
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