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Reverence for the Holy
Commentators highlight the "reverent awe" with which the Philistines handled the Ark. They carefully placed their trespass offering in a separate coffer "by the side thereof," not daring to open or place items inside the sacred chest. This respect from pagans serves as a powerful lesson on the holiness of God and the reverence He is due.
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1 Samuel
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Charles Ellicott
On 1 Samuel 6:8
19th Century
Bishop
In a coffer by the side thereof. —The reverent awe with which these Philistines treated the Ark, which had, they supposed…
John Gill
On 1 Samuel 6:8
17th Century
Pastor
And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart
Which was dispensed with in these uncircumcised Philistines, …
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…