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Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.
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Giving God Glory Through Humility
The Philistine priests advised making images of the tumors and mice to 'give glory unto the God of Israel.' Commentators explain this was a public admission of defeat. By creating replicas of their specific afflictions, they were confessing that Israel's God was the source of their suffering and that their own gods were powerless. It was a humbling acknowledgment of His sovereignty.
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19th Century
Anglican
Images of your mice. —This is the first mention of the plague of “mice” in the Hebrew text. The Greek Version had (see ab…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Wherefore you shall make images of your emerods Which some take to be images of the five cities; others of a man at …
Presbyterian
For seven months, the Philistines were punished with the presence of the ark; it was a plague to them for all that time because they would not send…
