1 Samuel 6:4

New Century Version

The Philistines asked, “What kind of penalty offering should we send to Israel’s God?” They answered, “Make five gold models of the growths on your skin and five gold models of rats. The number of models must match the number of Philistine kings, because the same sickness has come on you and your kings.

Cross References

Exodus 12:35

The Israelites did what Moses told them to do and asked their Egyptian neighbors for things made of silver and gold and for clothing.

Joshua 13:3

the area from the Shihor River at the border of Egypt to Ekron in the north, which belongs to the Canaanites; the five Philistine leaders at Gaza, Ashdod, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron; the Avvites,

Judges 14:19

Then the Spirit of the Lord entered Samson and gave him great power. Samson went down to the city of Ashkelon and killed thirty of its men and took all that they had and gave the clothes to the men who had answered his riddle. Then he went to his father’s house very angry.

Judges 3:3

These are the nations: the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the people of Sidon, and the Hivites who lived in the Lebanon mountains from Mount Baal Hermon to Lebo Hamath.

1 Samuel 5:12

The people who did not die were troubled with growths on their skin. So the people of Ekron cried loudly to heaven.

1 Samuel 5:6

The Lord was hard on the people of Ashdod and their neighbors. He caused them to suffer and gave them growths on their skin.

1 Samuel 5:9

But after they moved it to Gath, there was a great panic. The Lord was hard on that city also, and he gave both old and young people in Gath growths on their skin.

1 Samuel 6:5

Make models of the growths and the rats that are ruining the country, and give honor to Israel’s God. Then maybe he will stop being so hard on you, your gods, and your land.

1 Samuel 6:8

Put the Ark of the Lord on the cart and the gold models for the penalty offering in a box beside the Ark. Then send the cart straight on its way.