8월 15일 맥체인식 성경읽기 [사무엘상 5-6, 로마서 5, 예레미야 44, 시편 19] 새번역 August 15 Robert Murray McCheyne Bible Read

1After the Philistines had captured the ark of God, they took it from Ebenezer to Ashdod 2Then they carried the ark into Dagon's temple and set it beside Dagon 3When the people of Ashdod rose early the next day, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! They took Dagon and put him back in his place 4But the following morning when they rose, there was Dagon, fallen on his face on the ground before the ark of the LORD! His head and hands had been broken off and were lying on the threshold; only his body remained 5That is why to this day neither the priests of Dagon nor any others who enter Dagon's temple at Ashdod step on the threshold 6The LORD's hand was heavy upon the people of Ashdod and its vicinity; he brought devastation upon them and afflicted them with tumors 7When the men of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said, 'The ark of the god of Israel must not stay here with us, because his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god ' 8So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and asked them, 'What shall we do with the ark of the god of Israel?' They answered, 'Have the ark of the god of Israel moved to Gath ' So they moved the ark of the God of Israel 9But after they had moved it, the LORD's hand was against that city, throwing it into a great panic He afflicted the people of the city, both young and old, with an outbreak of tumors 10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron As the ark of God was entering Ekron, the people of Ekron cried out, 'They have brought the ark of the god of Israel around to us to kill us and our people ' 11So they called together all the rulers of the Philistines and said, "Send the ark of the god of Israel away; let it go back to its own place, or it will kill us and our people " For death had filled the city with panic; God's hand was very heavy upon it 12Those who did not die were afflicted with tumors, and the outcry of the city went up to heaven 1When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months, 2the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, 'What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place ' 3They answered, 'If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it away empty, but by all means send a guilt offering to him Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand has not been lifted from you ' 4The Philistines asked, 'What guilt offering should we send to him?' They replied, 'Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague has struck both you and your rulers 5Make models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country, and pay honor to Israel's god Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land 6Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When he treated them harshly, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way? 7'Now then, get a new cart ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up 8Take the ark of the LORD and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering Send it on its way, 9but keep watching it If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then the LORD has brought this great disaster on us But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us and that it happened to us by chance ' 10So they did this They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves 11They placed the ark of the LORD on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors 12Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh 13Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight 14The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD 15The Levites took down the ark of the LORD, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock On that day the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD 16The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron 17These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the LORD-one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron 18And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of