In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
1 Samuel 5:5 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon's house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod unto this day. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This is the reason neither the priests of Dagon nor any who come into Dagon's house tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod to this day. American Standard Version (1901) Therefore neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that come into Dagon’s house, tread on the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, unto this day. Common English Bible That’s why to this day Dagon’s priests or anyone else who enters his temple in Ashdod doesn’t step on the threshold. Catholic Public Domain Version Moreover, only the trunk of Dagon remained in its place. For this reason, the priests of Dagon, and all who enter his temple, do not tread upon the threshold of Dagon in Ashdod, even to this day. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And only the stump of Dagon remained in its place. For this cause neither the priests of Dagon, nor any that go into the temple tread on the threshold of Dagon in Azotus unto this day. |
In the same day also will I punish all those that leap on the threshold, which fill their masters' houses with violence and deceit.
And the captain of the Lord's host said unto Joshua, Loose thy shoe from off thy foot; for the place whereon thou standest is holy. And Joshua did so.
And her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way: and, behold, the woman his concubine was fallen down at the door of the house, and her hands were upon the threshold.