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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on 1 Samuel 6:8

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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart--This mode of carrying the sacred symbol was forbidden; but the ignorance of the Philistines made the indignity excusable (see on Sa2 6:6). put the jewels . . . in a coffer by the side thereof--The way of securing treasure in the East is still in a chest, chained to the house wall or some solid part of the furniture.
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