1 Samuel 6:15
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And the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at the side of it, wherein were the vessels of gold, and they put them upon the great stone. The men also of Bethsames offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims that day to the Lord.

Context
The Ark Returned to Israel
14And the cart came into the field of Josue, a Bethsamite, and stood there. And there was a great stone, and they cut in pieces the wood of the cart, and laid the kine upon it a holocaust to the Lord. 15And the Levites took down the ark of God, and the little box that was at the side of it, wherein were the vessels of gold, and they put them upon the great stone. The men also of Bethsames offered holocausts, and sacrificed victims that day to the Lord.16And the five princes of the Philistines saw, and they returned to Accaron the same day.…
Cross References
Joshua 3:3
And began to proclaim: When you shall see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God, and the priests of the race of Levi carrying it, rise you up also, and follow them as they go before:

Joshua 15:10
And it compasseth from Baala westward unto mount Seir: and passeth by the side of mount Jarim to the north into Cheslon: and goeth down into Bethsames, and passeth into Thamna.

1 Samuel 6:18
And the golden mice, according to the number of the cities of the Philistines, of the five provinces, from the fenced city to the village that was without wall, and to the great Abel (the stone) whereon they set down the ark of the Lord, which was till that day in the field of Josue the Bethsamite.

Lexicon
And the Levites
וְהַלְוִיִּ֞ם (wə·hal·wî·yim)
Conjunctive waw, Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3881: Levites -- descendant of Levi

took down
הוֹרִ֣ידוּ ׀ (hō·w·rî·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 3381: To come or go down, descend

the ark
אֲר֣וֹן (’ă·rō·wn)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 727: A chest, ark

of the LORD
יְהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

and
אִתּוֹ֙ (’it·tōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

the box
הָאַרְגַּ֤ז (hā·’ar·gaz)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 712: A box, chest

containing
אֲשֶׁר־ (’ă·šer-)
Pronoun - relative
Strong's Hebrew 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that

the gold
זָהָ֔ב (zā·hāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2091: Gold, something gold-colored, as oil, a clear sky

objects,
כְלֵֽי־ (ḵə·lê-)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 3627: Something prepared, any apparatus

and they placed
וַיָּשִׂ֖מוּ (way·yā·śi·mū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

them on
אֶל־ (’el-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 413: Near, with, among, to

the large
הַגְּדוֹלָ֑ה (hag·gə·ḏō·w·lāh)
Article | Adjective - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1419: Great, older, insolent

rock.
הָאֶ֣בֶן (hā·’e·ḇen)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 68: A stone

That
הַה֖וּא (ha·hū)
Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

day
בַּיּ֥וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3117: A day

the men
וְאַנְשֵׁ֣י (wə·’an·šê)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's Hebrew 376: A man as an individual, a male person

of Beth-shemesh
שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ (še·meš)
Noun - proper - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1053: Beth-shemesh -- 'sun temple', three places in Palestine, also a place in Egypt

offered
הֶעֱל֨וּ (he·‘ĕ·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person common plural
Strong's Hebrew 5927: To ascend, in, actively

burnt offerings
עֹל֜וֹת (‘ō·lō·wṯ)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5930: Whole burnt offering

and made
וַֽיִּזְבְּח֧וּ (way·yiz·bə·ḥū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2076: To slaughter for sacrifice

sacrifices
זְבָחִ֛ים (zə·ḇā·ḥîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 2077: A slaughter, the flesh of an animal, a sacrifice

to the LORD.
לַֽיהוָֽה׃ (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel


Additional Translations
And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the box containing the gold objects, and they placed them on the large rock. That day the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.

And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto Jehovah.

And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord, and the coffer with it, and the golden articles upon it, and placed them on the great stone, and the men of Baethsamys offered whole-burnt-offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord.

And the Levites took down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the golden jewels, and put them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered up burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Jehovah.

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, wherein the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD, and the coffer that was with it, in which were the jewels of gold, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt-offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to the LORD.

The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day to Yahweh.

And the Levites have taken down the ark of Jehovah, and the coffer which is with it, in which are the vessels of gold, and place them on the great stone; and the men of Beth-Shemesh have caused to ascend burnt-offerings and sacrifice sacrifices in that day to Jehovah;
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