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1 # And the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> was in the country <07704> of the Philistines <06430> seven <07651> months <02320>.
2 And the Philistines <06430> called <07121> (8799) for the priests <03548> and the diviners <07080> (8802) , saying <0559> (8800), What shall we do <06213> (8799) to the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>? tell <03045> (8685) us wherewith we shall send <07971> (8762) it to his place <04725>.
3 And they said <0559> (8799), If ye send away <07971> (8764) the ark <0727> of the God <0430> of Israel <03478>, send <07971> (8762) it not empty <07387>; but in any wise <07725> (8687) return <07725> (8686) him a trespass offering <0817>: then ye shall be healed <07495> (8735), and it shall be known <03045> (8738) to you why his hand <03027> is not removed <05493> (8799) from you.
4 Then said <0559> (8799) they, What shall be the trespass offering <0817> which we shall return <07725> (8686) to him? They answered <0559> (8799), Five <02568> golden <02091> emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>, and five <02568> golden <02091> mice <05909>, according to the number <04557> of the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430>: for one <0259> plague <04046> was on you all, and on your lords <05633>.
5 Wherefore ye shall make <06213> (8804) images <06754> of your emerods <02914> (8675) <06076>, and images <06754> of your mice <05909> that mar <07843> (8688) the land <0776>; and ye shall give <05414> (8804) glory <03519> unto the God <0430> of Israel <03478>: peradventure he will lighten <07043> (8686) his hand <03027> from off you, and from off your gods <0430>, and from off your land <0776>.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden <03513> (8762) your hearts <03824>, as the Egyptians <04714> and Pharaoh <06547> hardened <03513> (8765) their hearts <03820>? when he had wrought wonderfully <05953> (8694) among them, did they not let the people go <07971> (8762), and they departed <03212> (8799)?
7 Now therefore make <06213> (8798) a <0259> new <02319> cart <05699>, and take <03947> (8798) two <08147> milch <05763> (8802) kine <06510>, on which there hath come <05927> (8804) no yoke <05923>, and tie <0631> (8804) the kine <06510> to the cart <05699>, and bring <07725> (8689) their calves <01121> home <01004> from them <0310>:
8 And take <03947> (8804) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, and lay <05414> (8804) it upon the cart <05699>; and put <07760> (8799) the jewels <03627> of gold <02091>, which ye return <07725> (8689) him for a trespass offering <0817>, in a coffer <0712> by the side <06654> thereof; and send it away <07971> (8765), that it may go <01980> (8804).
9 And see <07200> (8804), if it goeth up <05927> (8799) by the way <01870> of his own coast <01366> to Bethshemesh <01053>, then he hath done <06213> (8804) us this great <01419> evil <07451>: but if not, then we shall know <03045> (8804) that it is not his hand <03027> that smote <05060> (8804) us: it was a chance <04745> that happened to us <01961> (8804).
10 # And the men <0582> did so <06213> (8799); and took <03947> (8799) two <08147> milch <05763> (8802) kine <06510>, and tied <0631> (8799) them to the cart <05699>, and shut up <03607> (8804) their calves <01121> at home <01004>:
11 And they laid <07760> (8799) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> upon the cart <05699>, and the coffer <0712> with the mice <05909> of gold <02091> and the images <06754> of their emerods <02914>.
12 And the kine <06510> took the straight <03474> (8799) way <01870> to the way <01870> of Bethshemesh <01053> , and went along <01980> (8804) the highway <04546> <0259>, lowing <01600> (8800) as they went <01980> (8800), and turned not aside <05493> (8804) to the right hand <03225> or to the left <08040>; and the lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> went <01980> (8802) after <0310> them unto the border <01366> of Bethshemesh <01053>.
13 And they of Bethshemesh <01053> were reaping <07114> (8802) their wheat <02406> harvest <07105> in the valley <06010>: and they lifted up <05375> (8799) their eyes <05869>, and saw <07200> (8799) the ark <0727> , and rejoiced <08055> (8799) to see <07200> (8800) it.
14 And the cart <05699> came <0935> (8802) into the field <07704> of Joshua <03091>, a Bethshemite <01030> , and stood <05975> (8799) there, where there was a great <01419> stone <068>: and they clave <01234> (8762) the wood <06086> of the cart <05699>, and offered <05927> (8689) the kine <06510> a burnt offering <05930> unto the LORD <03068> .
15 And the Levites <03881> took down <03381> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, and the coffer <0712> that was with it, wherein the jewels <03627> of gold <02091> were, and put <07760> (8799) them on the great <01419> stone <068>: and the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> offered <05927> (8689) burnt offerings <05930> and sacrificed <02076> (8799) sacrifices <02077> the same day <03117> unto the LORD <03068>.
16 And when the five <02568> lords <05633> of the Philistines <06430> had seen <07200> (8804) it, they returned <07725> (8799) to Ekron <06138> the same day <03117>.
17 And these are the golden <02091> emerods <02914> which the Philistines <06430> returned <07725> (8689) for a trespass offering <0817> unto the LORD <03068>; for Ashdod <0795> one <0259>, for Gaza <05804> one <0259>, for Askelon <0831> one <0259>, for Gath <01661> one <0259>, for Ekron <06138> one <0259>;
18 And the golden <02091> mice <05909>, according to the number <04557> of all the cities <05892> of the Philistines <06430> belonging to the five <02568> lords <05633>, both of fenced <04013> cities <05892>, and of country <06521> villages <03724>, even unto the great <01419> stone of Abel <059>, whereon they set down <03240> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>: which stone remaineth unto this day <03117> in the field <07704> of Joshua <03091>, the Bethshemite <01030> .
19 # And he smote <05221> (8686) the men <0376> of Bethshemesh <01053>, because they had looked <07200> (8804) into the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068>, even he smote <05221> (8686) of the people <05971> fifty <02572> thousand <0505> and threescore and ten <07657> men <0582>: and the people <05971> lamented <056> (8691), because the LORD <03068> had smitten <05221> (8689) many of the people <05971> with a great <01419> slaughter <04347>.
20 And the men <0582> of Bethshemesh <01053> said <0559> (8799), Who is able <03201> (8799) to stand <05975> (8800) before <06440> this holy <06918> LORD <03068> God <0430>? and to whom shall he go up <05927> (8799) from us?
21 And they sent <07971> (8799) messengers <04397> to the inhabitants <03427> (8802) of Kirjathjearim <07157> , saying <0559> (8800), The Philistines <06430> have brought again <07725> (8689) the ark <0727> of the LORD <03068> ; come ye down <03381> (8798), and fetch it up <05927> (8685) to you.