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Reverence in the Details
Commentators explain that the Philistines' use of a new cart and unyoked cows was an act of reverence toward the Ark of God. This principle of dedicating unused items for sacred purposes is seen elsewhere in Scripture, such as when Jesus rode an unridden donkey and was laid in a new tomb. It teaches that holy things should be treated with special honor.
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Samuel 6:7
18th Century
Theologian
A new cart ... cows on which no yoke has come - This was so ordered in reverence to the ark, and was a right and true feeling. See Mark 11:2…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 6:7
19th Century
Bishop
Now therefore make a new cart. —The note here in the Speaker’s Commentary is interesting: “This was so ordered i…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 6:7
17th Century
Pastor
Now therefore make a new cart
For there were no Levites, nor priests of the Lord to carry it upon their shoulders, a…
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Matthew Henry
On 1 Samuel 6:1–9
17th Century
Minister
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…