6:1 And
the
ark
of
Jehovah
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
6:2 And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners,
saying,
What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
Jehovah
show
us
wherewith
we
shall
sent
it
to
its
place.
6:3 And
they
said,
If
ye
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
send
it
not
empty;
but
by
all
means
return
him
a
trespass-offering:
then
ye
shall
be
healed,
and
it
shall
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
is
not
removed
from
you.
6:4 Then
said
they,
What
shall
be
the
trespass-offering
which
we
shall
return
to
him
And
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.
6:5 Wherefore
ye
shall
make
images
of
your
tumors,
and
images
of
your
mice
that
mar
the
land;
and
ye
shall
give
glory
unto
the
God
of
Israel:
peradventure
he
will
lighten
his
hand
from
off
you,
and
from
off
your
gods,
and
from
off
your
land.
6:6 Wherefore
then
do
ye
harden
your
hearts,
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts
When
he
had
wrought
wonderfully
among
them,
did
they
not
let
the
people
go,
and
they
departed
6:7 Now
therefore
take
and
prepare
you
a
new
cart,
and
two
milch
kine,
on
which
there
hath
come
no
yoke;
and
tie
the
kine
to
the
cart,
and
bring
their
calves
home
from
them;
6:8 and
take
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
lay
it
upon
the
cart;
and
put
the
jewels
of
gold,
which
ye
return
him
for
a
trespass-offering,
in
a
coffer
by
the
side
thereof;
and
send
it
away,
that
it
may
go.
6:9 And
see;
if
it
goeth
up
by
the
way
of
its
own
border
to
Beth-shemesh,
then
he
hath
done
us
this
great
evil:
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
smote
us;
it
was
a
chance
that
happened
to
us.
6:10 And
the
men
did
so,
and
took
two
milch
kine,
and
tied
them
to
the
cart,
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home;
6:11 and
they
put
the
ark
of
Jehovah
upon
the
cart,
and
the
coffer
with
the
mice
of
gold
and
the
images
of
their
tumors.
6:12 And
the
kine
took
the
straight
way
by
the
way
to
Beth-shemesh;
they
went
along
the
highway,
lowing
as
they
went,
and
turned
not
aside
to
the
right
hand
or
to
the
left;
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
unto
the
border
of
Beth-shemesh.
6:13 And
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.
6:14 And
the
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite,
and
stood
there,
where
there
was
a
great
stone:
and
they
clave
the
wood
of
the
cart,
and
offered
up
the
kine
for
a
burnt-offering
unto
Jehovah.
6:15 And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
and
the
coffer
that
was
with
it,
wherein
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
unto
Jehovah.
6:16 And
when
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
had
seen
it,
they
returned
to
Ekron
the
same
day.
6:17 And
these
are
the
golden
tumors
which
the
Philistines
returned
for
a
trespass-offering
unto
Jehovah:
for
Ashdod
one,
for
Gaza
one,
for
Ashkelon
one,
for
Gath
one,
for
Ekron
one;
6:18 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
unto
the
great
stone,
whereon
they
set
down
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
[which
stone
remaineth]
unto
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
the
Beth-shemite.
6:19 And
he
smote
of
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh,
because
they
had
looked
into
the
ark
of
Jehovah,
he
smote
of
the
people
seventy
men,
[and]
fifty
thousand
men;
and
the
people
mourned,
because
Jehovah
had
smitten
the
people
with
a
great
slaughter.
6:20 And
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
said,
Who
is
able
to
stand
before
Jehovah,
this
holy
God
and
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
from
us
6:21 And
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kiriath-jearim,
saying,
The
Philistines
have
brought
back
the
ark
of
Jehovah;
come
ye
down,
and
fetch
it
up
to
you.
