6:1 The
ark
of
the
LORD
was
in
the
country
of
the
Philistines
seven
months.
6:2 And
the
Philistines
called
for
the
priests
and
the
diviners
and
said,
"What
shall
we
do
with
the
ark
of
the
LORD
Tell
us
with
what
we
shall
send
it
to
its
place."
6:3 They
said,
"If
you
send
away
the
ark
of
the
God
of
Israel,
do
not
send
it
empty,
but
by
all
means
return
him
a
guilt
offering.
Then
you
will
be
healed,
and
it
will
be
known
to
you
why
his
hand
does
not
turn
away
from
you."
6:4 And
they
said,
"What
is
the
guilt
offering
that
we
shall
return
to
him"
They
answered,
"Five
golden
tumors
and
five
golden
mice,
according
to
the
number
of
the
lords
of
the
Philistines,
for
the
same
plague
was
on
all
of
you
and
on
your
lords.
6:5 So
you
must
make
images
of
your
tumors
and
images
of
your
mice
that
ravage
the
land,
and
give
glory
to
the
God
of
Israel.
Perhaps
he
will
lighten
his
hand
from
off
you
and
your
gods
and
your
land.
6:6 Why
should
you
harden
your
hearts
as
the
Egyptians
and
Pharaoh
hardened
their
hearts
After
he
had
dealt
severely
with
them,
did
they
not
send
the
people
away,
and
they
departed
6:7 Now
then,
take
and
prepare
a
new
cart
and
two
milk
cows
on
which
there
has
never
come
a
yoke,
and
yoke
the
cows
to
the
cart,
but
take
their
calves
home,
away
from
them.
6:8 And
take
the
ark
of
the
LORD
and
place
it
on
the
cart
and
put
in
a
box
at
its
side
the
figures
of
gold,
which
you
are
returning
to
him
as
a
guilt
offering.
Then
send
it
off
and
let
it
go
its
way
6:9 and
watch.
If
it
goes
up
on
the
way
to
its
own
land,
to
Beth-shemesh,
then
it
is
he
who
has
done
us
this
great
harm,
but
if
not,
then
we
shall
know
that
it
is
not
his
hand
that
struck
us;
it
happened
to
us
by
coincidence."
6:10 The
men
did
so,
and
took
two
milk
cows
and
yoked
them
to
the
cart
and
shut
up
their
calves
at
home.
6:11 And
they
put
the
ark
of
the
LORD
on
the
cart
and
the
box
with
the
golden
mice
and
the
images
of
their
tumors.
6:12 And
the
cows
went
straight
in
the
direction
of
Beth-shemesh
along
one
highway,
lowing
as
they
went.
They
turned
neither
to
the
right
nor
to
the
left,
and
the
lords
of
the
Philistines
went
after
them
as
far
as
the
border
of
Beth-shemesh.
6:13 Now
the
people
of
Beth-shemesh
were
reaping
their
wheat
harvest
in
the
valley.
And
when
they
lifted
up
their
eyes
and
saw
the
ark,
they
rejoiced
to
see
it.
6:14 The
cart
came
into
the
field
of
Joshua
of
Beth-shemesh
and
stopped
there.
A
great
stone
was
there.
And
they
split
up
the
wood
of
the
cart
and
offered
the
cows
as
a
burnt
offering
to
the
LORD.
6:15 And
the
Levites
took
down
the
ark
of
the
LORD
and
the
box
that
was
beside
it,
in
which
were
the
golden
figures,
and
set
them
upon
the
great
stone.
And
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
offered
burnt
offerings
and
sacrificed
sacrifices
on
that
day
to
the
LORD.
6:16 And
when
the
five
lords
of
the
Philistines
saw
it,
they
returned
that
day
to
Ekron.
6:17 These
are
the
golden
tumors
that
the
Philistines
returned
as
a
guilt
offering
to
the
LORD:
one
for
Ashdod,
one
for
Gaza,
one
for
Ashkelon,
one
for
Gath,
one
for
Ekron,
6:18 and
the
golden
mice,
according
to
the
number
of
all
the
cities
of
the
Philistines
belonging
to
the
five
lords,
both
fortified
cities
and
unwalled
villages.
The
great
stone
beside
which
they
set
down
the
ark
of
the
LORD
is
a
witness
to
this
day
in
the
field
of
Joshua
of
Beth-shemesh.
6:19 And
he
struck
some
of
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh,
because
they
looked
upon
the
ark
of
the
LORD.
He
struck
seventy
men
of
them,
and
the
people
mourned
because
the
LORD
had
struck
the
people
with
a
great
blow.
6:20 Then
the
men
of
Beth-shemesh
said,
"Who
is
able
to
stand
before
the
LORD,
this
holy
God
And
to
whom
shall
he
go
up
away
from
us"
6:21 So
they
sent
messengers
to
the
inhabitants
of
Kiriath-jearim,
saying,
"The
Philistines
have
returned
the
ark
of
the
LORD.
Come
down
and
take
it
up
to
you."