“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.
the five rulers of the Philistines, all the Canaanites, the Sidonians, and the Hivites who lived in the mountains of Leb
from the Shihor east of Egypt to the territory of Ekron on the north (considered to be Canaanite territory)—that of the
As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gat
Now the hand of the LORD was heavy on the people of Ashdod and its vicinity, ravaging them and afflicting them with tumo
But after they had moved the ark to Gath, the LORD’s hand was also against that city, throwing it into great confusion a
Make images of your tumors and of the rats that are ravaging the land. Give glory to the God of Israel, and perhaps He w
Furthermore, the Israelites acted on Moses’ word and asked the Egyptians for articles of silver and gold, and for clothi
Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven.