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1 Samuel 6:17

ESV These are the golden tumors that the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron,
NIV These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the Lord—one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.
NASB Now these are the gold tumors which the Philistines returned as a guilt offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, and one for Ekron;
CSB As a guilt offering to the Lord, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
NLT The five gold tumors sent by the Philistines as a guilt offering to the Lord were gifts from the rulers of Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.
KJV And these are the golden emerods which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering unto the Lord; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
NKJV These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned as a trespass offering to the Lord: one for Ashdod, one for Gaza, one for Ashkelon, one for Gath, one for Ekron;

What does 1 Samuel 6:17 mean?

Verses 17 and 18 comprise an official list with a heading and a summary. Some commentators speculate that this list may have been put into the box with the guilt offering of the golden mice.

The heading for the list says that these are the golden tumors—either accompanied by or represented by figures of mice—which the Philistines returned with the ark as a guilt offering to the Lord. The offerings correspond to each of the five major cities of the Philistines and the territories under their control: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron. Commentators differ about whether there were five golden items or ten in the box.

These are described as a guilt offering because the Philistine religious leaders were attempting to appease God. They hoped that He would take away their guilt for having held the ark of the Lord captive for seven months (1 Samuel 6:1–4). More specifically, they wanted Israel's God to take away the plague and the panic that He had sent on their nation (1 Samuel 5:6–12; 6:5).
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