1 Samuel 6:6

Wherefore, then, should ye make your heart dull, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh made their heart dull! When he had done his great doings upon them, did they not let them go, and they departed?

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Wherefore then do ye harden your hearts, as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? when he had wrought wonderfully among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

In Context

5Wherefore ye shall make likenesses of your turnouts, and likenesses of your mice that are laying waste the land, and shall, give unto the, God of Israel, glory,—Peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your god, and from off your land.

7Now, therefore, take and get ready, one new waggon, and two milch kine, whereon hath never come yoke,—then shall ye fasten the kine in the waggon, and withdraw their calves from them, into the shed;

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Cross References

Exodus 7:14Then said Yahweh unto Moses, Dull, is the heart of Pharaoh,—he hath refused to let the people go.

Exodus 8:32And Pharaoh made his heart dull, this time also,—and did not let the people go.

Exodus 9:34And when Pharaoh saw that the rain and the hail and the thunderings had ceased, he again sinned,—and made his heart dull, he, and his servants.

Exodus 12:31So he called for Moses and for Aaron by night and said—Rise ye, go forth out of the midst of my people, both ye and the sons of Israel,—and go serve Yahweh according to your word;

Exodus 14:23And the Egyptians pursued, and entered after them—all the horses of Pharaoh his chariots and his horsemen,—into the midst of the sea.

Job 9:4Wise in heart, and alert in vigour, What man hath hardened himself against him, and prospered!

Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 6:2-10

The Ark Among the Philistines. ( b. c. 1120.) 1 And the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 And the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord ? tell us wherewith we shall send it to his place. 3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, send it not empty; but in any wise return him a trespass offering: then ye shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you. 4 Then said… Read the whole commentary →

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