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In our sense, "vehicles". Only in ; ; , margin "place of carriages," i.e. "the trench," alluding to the circle of wagons round the encampment. Elsewhere the things carried, baggage (; ; ), literally, heavy things, i.e. the precious goods which the Danites had just seized on. ; "your carriages were heavy laden," rather "(the images) which used to be carried by you (in solemn procession) are become heavy burdens"; instead of carrying you as Jehovah does His people (-4), they have to be carried as heavy burdens by you. ; "we took up our carriages," i.e. "our baggage".