1Samuel:6

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* And the ark was seven months in the country of the Philistines , and their land brought forth swarms of mice . * And the Philistines call their priests , and their prophets , and their enchanters , saying , What shall we do to the ark of the Lord ? teach us wherewith we shall send it away to its place . * And they said , If ye send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel , do not on any account send it away empty , but by all means render to it an offering for the plague ; and then shall ye be healed , and an atonement shall be made for you : should not his hand be thus stayed from off you ? * And they say , What is the offering for the plague which we shall return to it ? and they said , * According to the number of the lords of the Philistines , five golden emerods , for the plague was on you , and on your rulers , and on the people ; and golden mice , the likeness of the mice that destroy your land : and ye shall give glory to the Lord , that he may lighten his hand from off you , and from off your gods , and from off your land . * And why do ye (note :)Gr . make heavy (:note ) harden your hearts , as Egypt and Pharao hardened their hearts ? was it not so when he mocked them , that they let Gr . them the people go , and they departed ? * And now take wood and make a new wagon , and take two cows , that have calved for the first time , without their calves ; and do ye yoke the cows to the wagon , and lead away the calves from behind them home . * And ye shall take the ark and put it on the wagon ; and ye shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass-offering in a (note :)In the Alex . argoz is substituted for bersecyan (:note ) coffer by the side of it : and ye shall let it go , and sent it away , and ye shall depart . * And ye shall see , if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Baethsamys , he has brought upon us this great affliction ; and if not , then shall we know that his hand has not touched us , but this is a chance which has happened to us . * And the Philistines did so ; and they took two cows that had calved for the first time , and yoked them to the waggon , and shut up their calves at home . * And they set the ark of the Lord , and the coffer , and the golden mice , on the waggon . * And the cows went straight on the way to the way of Baethsamys , they went along one track ; and laboured , and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left , and the lords of the Philistines went after it as far as the coasts of Baethsamys . * And the men of Baethsamys were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley ; and they lifted up their eyes , and saw the ark of the Lord , and rejoiced to meet it . * And the waggon entered into the field of Osee , which was in Baethsamys , and they set there by it a great stone ; and they split the wood of the waggon , and offered up the cows for a whole-burnt-offering to the Lord . * And the Levites brought up the ark of the Lord , and the coffer with it , and the golden articles upon it , and placed them on the great stone , and the men of Baethsamys offered whole-burnt-offerings and meat offerings on that day to the Lord . * And the five lords of the Philistines saw , and returned to Ascalon in that day . * And these are the golden emerods which the lords of the Philistines gave as a trespass-offering to the Lord ; for Azotus one , for Gaza one , for Ascalon one , for Geth one , for Accaron one . * And the golden mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines , belonging to the five lords , from the fenced city to the village of the Pherezite , and to the great stone , on which they placed the ark of the covenant of the Lord , that was in the field of Osee the Baethsamysite . * And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Baethsamys , because they saw the ark of the Lord ; and the Lord smote among them seventy men , and fifty thousand men : and the people mourned , because the Lord had inflicted on the people , a very great plague . * And the men of Baethsamys said , Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God ? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us ? * And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Cariathiarim , saying , The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord , go down and take it home to yourselves .

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