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1 The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months. 2 The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, “What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place.”
3 They said, “If you
4 Then they said, “What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall
return to him?”
They said, “Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, according to
the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all,
and on your lords. 5 Therefore you
10 The men did so, and took two milk cattle, and tied them to the cart,
and shut up their calves at home; 11 and they put the ark of Yahweh on the
cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their tumors.
12 The cattle took the straight way by the way to Beth-shemesh; they went
along the highway, lowing as they went, and didn’t turn aside to the right
hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them to the
border of Beth-shemesh. 13 They of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat
harvest in the valley; and they lifted up their eyes, and saw the ark, and
rejoiced to see it. 14 The cart came into the field of Joshua the
Beth-shemite, and stood there, where there was a great stone: and they split
the wood of the cart, and offered up the cattle for a burnt offering to
Yahweh. 15 The Levites took down the ark of Yahweh, and the coffer that
was with it, in which the jewels of gold were, and put them on the great
stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed
sacrifices the same day to Yahweh. 16 When the five lords of the
Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day. 17 These are
the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to
Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for
Ekron one; 18 and the golden mice, according to the number of all the
cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified
cities and of country villages, even to the great stone, whereon they set
down the ark of Yahweh, which stone remains to this day in the field
of Joshua the Beth-shemite. 19 He struck of the men of Beth-shemesh,
because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty
thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the
people with a great slaughter. 20 The men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is
able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from
us? 21 They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying,
The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come you
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