1 Samuel 6:5

6:5 You should make images of the sores and images of the mice ¹  that are destroying the land. You should honor the God of Israel. Perhaps he will release his grip on you, your gods, and your land. ² 

1 Samuel 8:8

8:8 Just as they have done ³  from the day that I brought them up from Egypt until this very day, they have rejected me and have served other gods. This is what they are also doing to you.

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¹ tn Heb “your mice.” A Qumran ms has simply “the mice.”

² tn Heb “Perhaps he will lighten his hand from upon you and from upon your gods and from upon your land.”

³ tn Heb “according to all the deeds which they have done.”