1
H727
The ark
H3068
of Yahweh
H7704
was in the country
H6430
of the Philistines
H7651
seven
H2320
months.
2
H6430
The Philistines
H7121
called
H3548
for the priests
H7080
and the diviners,
H559
saying,
H6213
"What shall we do
H727
with the ark
H3068
of Yahweh?
H3045
Show
H7971
us with which we shall send
H4725
it to its place."
3
H559
They said,
H7971
"If you send away
H727
the ark
H430
of the God
H3478
of Israel,
H7971
don't send
H7387
it empty;
H7725
but by all means
H7725
return
H817
him a trespass offering:
H7495
then you shall be healed,
H3045
and it shall be known
H3027
to you why his hand
H5493
is not removed from you."
4
H559
Then they said,
H817
"What shall be the trespass offering
H7725
which we shall return
H559
to him?" They said,
H2568
"Five
H2091
golden
H2914
tumors,
H2568
and five
H2091
golden
H5909
mice,
H4557
for the number
H5633
of the lords
H6430
of the Philistines;
H259
for one
H4046
plague
H5633
was on you all, and on your lords.
5
H6213
Therefore you shall make
H6754
images
H2914
of your tumors,
H6754
and images
H5909
of your mice
H7843
that mar
H776
the land;
H5414
and you shall give
H3519
glory
H430
to the God
H3478
of Israel:
H7043
perhaps he will lighten
H3027
his hand
H430
from off you, and from off your gods,
H776
and from off your land.
6
H3513
Why then do you harden
H3824
your hearts,
H4714
as the Egyptians
H6547
and Pharaoh
H3513
hardened
H3820
their hearts?
H5953
When he had worked wonderfully
H7971
among them, didn't they let the people go,
H3212
and they departed?
7
H3947
"Now therefore take
H6213
and prepare
H259
yourselves a
H2319
new
H5699
cart,
H8147
and two
H5763
milk
H6510
cows,
H5927
on which there has come
H5923
no yoke;
H631
and tie
H6510
the cows
H5699
to the cart,
H7725
and bring
H1121
their calves
H1004
home
H310
from them;
8
H3947
and take
H727
the ark
H3068
of Yahweh,
H5414
and lay
H5699
it on the cart;
H7760
and put
H3627
the jewels
H2091
of gold,
H7725
which you return
H817
him for a trespass offering,
H712
in a coffer
H6654
by its side;
H7971
and send it away,
H1980
that it may go.
9
H7200
Behold;
H5927
if it goes up
H1870
by the way
H1366
of its own border
H1053
to Beth Shemesh,
H6213
then he has done
H1419
us this great
H7451
evil:
H3045
but if not, then we shall know
H3027
that it is not his hand
H5060
that struck
H4745
us; it was a chance
H1961
that happened to us."
10
H582
The men
H6213
did so,
H3947
and took
H8147
two
H5763
milk
H6510
cows,
H631
and tied
H5699
them to the cart,
H3607
and shut up
H1121
their calves
H1004
at home;
11
H7760
and they put
H727
the ark
H3068
of Yahweh
H5699
on the cart,
H712
and the coffer
H5909
with the mice
H2091
of gold
H6754
and the images
H2914
of their tumors.
12
H6510
The cows
H3474
took the straight
H1870
way
H1870
by the way
H1053
to Beth Shemesh;
H1980
they went along
H4546
the highway,
H1600
lowing
H1980
as they went,
H5493
and didn't turn aside
H3225
to the right hand
H8040
or to the left;
H5633
and the lords
H6430
of the Philistines
H1980
went
H310
after
H1366
them to the border
H1053
of Beth Shemesh.
13
H1053
They of Beth Shemesh
H7114
were reaping
H2406
their wheat
H7105
harvest
H6010
in the valley;
H5375
and they lifted up
H5869
their eyes,
H7200
and saw
H727
the ark,
H8055
and rejoiced
H7200
to see it.
14
H5699
The cart
H935
came
H7704
into the field
H3091
of Joshua
H1030
of Beth Shemesh,
H5975
and stood
H1419
there, where there was a great
H68
stone:
H1234
and they split
H6086
the wood
H5699
of the cart,
H5927
and offered
H6510
up the cows
H5930
for a burnt offering
H3068
to Yahweh.
15
H3881
The Levites
H3381
took down
H727
the ark
H3068
of Yahweh,
H712
and the coffer
H3627
that was with it, in which the jewels
H2091
of gold
H7760
were, and put
H1419
them on the great
H68
stone:
H582
and the men
H1053
of Beth Shemesh
H5927
offered
H5930
burnt offerings
H2076
and sacrificed
H2077
sacrifices
H3117
the same day
H3068
to Yahweh.
16
H2568
When the five
H5633
lords
H6430
of the Philistines
H7200
had seen
H7725
it, they returned
H6138
to Ekron
H3117
the same day.
17
H2091
These are the golden
H2914
tumors
H6430
which the Philistines
H7725
returned
H817
for a trespass offering
H3068
to Yahweh:
H795
for Ashdod
H259
one,
H5804
for Gaza
H259
one,
H831
for Ashkelon
H259
one,
H1661
for Gath
H259
one,
H6138
for Ekron
H259
one;
18
H2091
and the golden
H5909
mice,
H4557
according to the number
H5892
of all the cities
H6430
of the Philistines
H2568
belonging to the five
H5633
lords,
H4013
both of fortified
H5892
cities
H6521
and of country
H3724
villages,
H1419
even to the great
H59
stone,
H3240
whereon they set down
H727
the ark
H3068
of Yahweh.
H3117
That stone remains to this day
H7704
in the field
H3091
of Joshua
H1030
of Beth Shemesh.
19
H5221
He struck
H376
of the men
H1053
of Beth Shemesh,
H7200
because they had looked
H727
into the ark
H3068
of Yahweh,
H5221
he struck
H5971
of the people
H2572
fifty
H505
thousand
H7657
seventy
H582
men;
H5971
and the people
H56
mourned,
H3068
because Yahweh
H5221
had struck
H582
the people
H1419
with a great
H4347
slaughter.