1 Samuel 6 · Verse 7

1 Samuel 6:7

Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:
1 Samuel 6:7, King James Version

1 Samuel 6:7 in other translations

BSBNow, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.
WEB“Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart and two milk cows on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
ASVNow therefore take and prepare you a new cart, and two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke; and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
YLT‘And now, take and make one new cart, and two suckling kine, on which a yoke hath not gone up, and ye have bound the kine in the cart, and caused their young ones to turn back from after them to the house,
DARBYAnd now make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there has come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
BBESo now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have the cows yoked to the cart, and take their young ones away from them:
WebsterNow therefore make a new cart, and take two milch-cows on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the cows to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

What does 1 Samuel 6:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
7. make a new cart--Their object in making a new one for the purpose seems to have been not only for cleanliness and neatness, but from an impression that there would have been an impropriety in using one that had been applied to meaner or more common services. It appears to have been a covered wagon (see on 2Sa 6:3). two milch kine--Such untrained heifers, wanton and vagrant, would pursue no certain and regular path, like those accustomed to the yoke, and therefore were most unlikely of their own spontaneous motion to prosecute the direct road to the land of Israel. bring their calves home from them--The strong natural affection of the dams might be supposed to stimulate their return homewards, rather than direct their steps in a foreign country.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Make a new cart - It was indecent and improper to employ in any part of the worship of God any thing that had before served for a common purpose. Every thing in the worship of God is said to be sanctified: now the general meaning of that word is, to separate a thing from all earthly and common uses, and devote it solely to the service of God. When David removed the ark from the house of Abinadab, he put it on a new cart, 2Sam 6:3. Bring their calves home from them - So it appears that their calves had been with them in the fields. This was a complete trial: unless they were supernaturally influenced, they would not leave their calves; unless supernaturally directed, they would not leave their home, and take a way unguided, which they had never gone before.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Samuel 6:1-9

Seven months the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; so long it was a plague to them, because they would not send it home sooner. Sinners lengthen out their own miseries by refusing to part with their sins. The Israelites made no effort to recover the ark. Alas! where shall we find concern for religion prevail above all other matters? In times of public calamity we fear for ourselves, for our…

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1 Samuel 6:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְעַתָּ֗הve.'a.Tahand thereforeH6258
קְח֨וּke.ChutakeH3947
וַעֲשׂ֜וּva.'a.Suand makeH6213
עֲגָלָ֤ה'a.ga.Laha cartH5699
חֲדָשָׁה֙cha.da.ShahnewH2319
אֶחָ֔ת'e.ChatoneH259
וּשְׁתֵּ֤יu.she.Teiand twoH8147
פָרוֹת֙fa.rOtcowsH6510
עָל֔וֹתa.LotnursingH5763
אֲשֶׁ֛ר'a.SherwhichH834
לֹא\־lo'-notH3808
עָלָ֥ה'a.Lahit has gone upH5927
עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם'a.lei.Hemon themH5921
עֹ֑ל'Ola yokeH5923
וַאֲסַרְתֶּ֤םva.'a.sar.Temand you will harnessH631
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
הַפָּרוֹת֙ha.pa.rOtthe cowsH6510
בָּעֲגָלָ֔הba.'a.ga.Lahon the cartH5699
וַהֲשֵׁיבֹתֶ֧םva.ha.shei.vo.Temand you will take backH7725
בְּנֵיהֶ֛םbe.nei.Hemyoung ones theirH1121
מֵאַחֲרֵיהֶ֖םme.'a.cha.rei.Hemfrom after themH310
הַבָּֽיְתָה\׃ha.Ba.ye.tahthe house towardsH1004

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Samuel 6:7

  • Numbers 19:2

    This is the ordinance of the law which the Lord hath commanded, saying, Speak unto the children of Israel, that they bring thee a red heifer without spot, wherein is no blemish, and upon which never came yoke:

  • 2 Samuel 6:3

    And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:7

    And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
new cart.
2Sa 6:3; 1Ch 13:7
on which.
Nu 19:2

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • 1 Samuel 6:6

    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?

  • 1 Samuel 6:7

    Now therefore make a new cart, and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke, and tie the kine to the cart, and bring their calves home from them:

  • 1 Samuel 6:8

    And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.

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1 Samuel 6:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Haced pues ahora un carro nuevo, y tomad luego dos vacas que críen, á las cuales no haya sido puesto yugo, y uncid las vacas al carro, y haced tornar de detrás de ellas sus becerros á casa.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Et maintenant, faites un chariot neuf, et prenez deux vaches qui allaitent, sur lesquelles le joug n’ait jamais été mis, et attelez les vaches au chariot, et faites ramener à la maison leurs petits d’auprès d’elles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Und nun machet einen neuen Wagen und nehmet zwei säugende Kühe, auf die kein Joch gekommen ist; und spannet die Kühe an den Wagen und bringet ihre Kälber hinter ihnen weg nach Hause zurück.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Nunc ergo arripite et facite plaustrum novum unum: et duas vaccas fœtas, quibus non est impositum jugum, jungite in plaustro, et recludite vitulos earum domi.