<vn='1'>And the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="1961">was</s> in the <sn="7704">country</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="7651">seven</s><sn="2320">months</s>. </v>
<vn='2'>And the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="7121">called</s> for the <sn="3548">priests</s> and the <sn="7080">diviners</s>, <sn="559">saying</s>, <sn="4100">What</s> shall we <sn="6213">do</s> to the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>? <sn="3045">tell</s> us <sn="4100">wherewith</s> we shall <sn="7971">send</s> it to his <sn="4725">place</s>. </v>
<vn='3'>And they <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="518">If</s> ye send <sn="7971">away</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>, <sn="7971">send</s> it <sn="408">not</s><sn="7387">empty</s>; <sn="3588">but</s> in any wise <sn="7725 7725">return</s> him a trespass <sn="817">offering</s>: <sn="227">then</s> ye shall be <sn="7495">healed</s>, and it shall be <sn="3045">known</s> to you <sn="4100">why</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> is <sn="3808">not</s><sn="5493">removed</s><sn="4480">from</s> you. </v>
<vn='4'>Then <sn="559">said</s> they, <sn="4100">What</s> shall be the trespass <sn="817">offering</s><sn="834">which</s> we shall <sn="7725">return</s> to him? They <sn="559">answered</s>, <sn="2568">Five</s><sn="2091">golden</s><sn="6076">emerods</s>, and <sn="2568">five</s><sn="2091">golden</s><sn="5909">mice</s>, according to the <sn="4557">number</s> of the <sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s>: <sn="3588">for</s><sn="259">one</s><sn="4046">plague</s> was on you <sn="3605">all</s>, and on your <sn="5633">lords</s>. </v>
<vn='5'>Wherefore ye shall <sn="6213">make</s><sn="6754">images</s> of your <sn="6076">emerods</s>, and <sn="6754">images</s> of your <sn="5909">mice</s> that <sn="7843">mar</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="776">land</s>; and ye shall <sn="5414">give</s><sn="3519">glory</s> unto the <sn="430">God</s> of <sn="3478">Israel</s>: <sn="194">peradventure</s> he will <sn="7043">lighten</s><sn="*853"></s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> you, and from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> your <sn="430">gods</s>, and from <sn="4480 5921">off</s> your <sn="776">land</s>. </v>
<vn='6'><sn="4100">Wherefore</s> then do ye <sn="3513">harden</s><sn="*853"></s> your <sn="3824">hearts</s>, <sn="834">as</s> the <sn="4714">Egyptians</s> and <sn="6547">Pharaoh</s><sn="3513">hardened</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="3820">hearts</s>? <sn="834">when</s> he had wrought <sn="5953">wonderfully</s> among them, did they <sn="3808">not</s> let the people <sn="7971">go</s>, and they <sn="1980">departed</s>? </v>
<vn='7'><sn="6258">Now</s> therefore <sn="6213">make</s><sn="259">a</s><sn="2319">new</s><sn="5699">cart</s>, and <sn="3947">take</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="5763">milch</s><sn="6510">kine</s>, <sn="5921">on</s><sn="834">which</s> there hath <sn="5927">come</s><sn="3808">no</s><sn="5923">yoke</s>, and <sn="631">tie</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6510">kine</s> to the <sn="5699">cart</s>, and <sn="7725">bring</s> their <sn="1121">calves</s><sn="1004">home</s><sn="4480 310">from</s> them: </v>
<vn='8'>And <sn="3947">take</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and <sn="5414">lay</s> it <sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="5699">cart</s>; and <sn="7760">put</s> the <sn="3627">jewels</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s>, <sn="834">which</s> ye <sn="7725">return</s> him for a trespass <sn="817">offering</s>, in a <sn="712">coffer</s> by the <sn="4480 6654">side</s> thereof; and send it <sn="7971 *853">away</s>, that it may <sn="1980">go</s>. </v>
<vn='9'>And <sn="7200">see</s>, <sn="518">if</s> it goeth <sn="5927">up</s> by the <sn="1870">way</s> of his own <sn="1366">coast</s> to <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, then <sn="1931">he</s> hath <sn="6213">done</s> us <sn="*853"></s><sn="2063">this</s><sn="1419">great</s><sn="7451">evil</s>: but <sn="518">if</s><sn="3808">not</s>, then we shall <sn="3045">know</s><sn="3588">that</s> it is <sn="3808">not</s> his <sn="3027">hand</s> that <sn="5060">smote</s> us: <sn="1931">it</s> was a <sn="4745">chance</s> that <sn="1961">happened</s> to us. </v>
<vn='10'>And the <sn="376">men</s><sn="6213">did</s><sn="3651">so</s>; and <sn="3947">took</s><sn="8147">two</s><sn="5763">milch</s><sn="6510">kine</s>, and <sn="631">tied</s> them to the <sn="5699">cart</s>, and shut <sn="3607">up</s> their <sn="1121">calves</s> at <sn="1004">home</s>: </v>
<vn='11'>And they <sn="7760">laid</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="413">upon</s> the <sn="5699">cart</s>, and the <sn="712">coffer</s><sn="854">with</s> the <sn="5909">mice</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> and the <sn="6754">images</s> of their <sn="2914">emerods</s>. </v>
<vn='12'>And the <sn="6510">kine</s> took the <sn="3474">straight</s><sn="1870">way</s><sn="5921">to</s> the <sn="1870">way</s> of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, and went <sn="1980">along</s><sn="259">the</s><sn="4546">highway</s>, <sn="1600">lowing</s> as they <sn="1980">went</s>, and turned not <sn="5493 3808">aside</s> to the right <sn="3225">hand</s> or to the <sn="8040">left</s>; and the <sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="1980">went</s><sn="310">after</s> them <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="1366">border</s> of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh. </v>
<vn='13'>And they of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh were <sn="7114">reaping</s> their <sn="2406">wheat</s><sn="7105">harvest</s> in the <sn="6010">valley</s>: and they lifted <sn="5375">up</s><sn="*853"></s> their <sn="5869">eyes</s>, and <sn="7200">saw</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s>, and <sn="8055">rejoiced</s> to <sn="7200">see</s> it. </v>
<vn='14'>And the <sn="5699">cart</s><sn="935">came</s><sn="413">into</s> the <sn="7704">field</s> of <sn="3091">Joshua</s>, a <sn="1030">Beth</s> -shemite, and <sn="5975">stood</s><sn="8033">there</s>, <sn="8033">where</s> there was a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stone</s>: and they <sn="1234">cleaved</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="6086">wood</s> of the <sn="5699">cart</s>, and <sn="5927">offered</s> the <sn="6510">kine</s> a burnt <sn="5930">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='15'>And the <sn="3881">Levites</s> took <sn="3381">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, and the <sn="712">coffer</s><sn="834">that</s> was <sn="854">with</s> it, <sn="834">wherein</s> the <sn="3627">jewels</s> of <sn="2091">gold</s> were, and <sn="7760">put</s> them <sn="413">on</s> the <sn="1419">great</s><sn="68">stone</s>: and the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh <sn="5927">offered</s> burnt <sn="5930">offerings</s> and <sn="2076">sacrificed</s><sn="2077">sacrifices</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>. </v>
<vn='16'>And when the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="5633">lords</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> had <sn="7200">seen</s> it, they <sn="7725">returned</s> to <sn="6138">Ekron</s> the <sn="1931">same</s><sn="3117">day</s>. </v>
<vn='17'>And <sn="428">these</s> are the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="2914">emerods</s><sn="834">which</s> the <sn="6430">Philistines</s><sn="7725">returned</s> for a trespass <sn="817">offering</s> unto the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; for <sn="795">Ashdod</s><sn="259">one</s>, for <sn="5804">Gaza</s><sn="259">one</s>, for <sn="831">Askelon</s><sn="259">one</s>, for <sn="1661">Gath</s><sn="259">one</s>, for <sn="6138">Ekron</s><sn="259">one</s>; </v>
<vn='18'>And the <sn="2091">golden</s><sn="5909">mice</s>, according to the <sn="4557">number</s> of <sn="3605">all</s> the <sn="5892">cities</s> of the <sn="6430">Philistines</s> belonging to the <sn="2568">five</s><sn="5633">lords</s>, both of fenced <sn="4480 5892 4013">cities</s>, and <sn="5704">of</s><sn="6521">country</s><sn="3724">villages</s>, even <sn="5704">unto</s> the <sn="1419">great</s> stone of <sn="59">Abel</s>, <sn="834 5921">whereon</s> they set <sn="5117">down</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>: which stone remaineth <sn="5704">unto</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="3117">day</s> in the <sn="7704">field</s> of <sn="3091">Joshua</s>, the <sn="1030">Beth</s> -shemite. </v>
<vn='19'>And he <sn="5221">smote</s> the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh, <sn="3588">because</s> they had <sn="7200">looked</s> into the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>, even he <sn="5221">smote</s> of the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="2572">fifty</s><sn="505">thousand</s> and threescore and <sn="7657">ten</s><sn="376">men</s>: and the <sn="5971">people</s><sn="56">lamented</s>, <sn="3588">because</s> the <sn="3068">LORD</s> had <sn="5221">smitten</s> many of the <sn="5971">people</s> with a <sn="1419">great</s><sn="4347">slaughter</s>. </v>
<vn='20'>And the <sn="376">men</s> of <sn="1053">Beth</s> -shemesh <sn="559">said</s>, <sn="4310">Who</s> is <sn="3201">able</s> to <sn="5975">stand</s><sn="6440">before</s><sn="2088">this</s><sn="6918">holy</s><sn="3068">LORD</s><sn="430">God</s>? and <sn="413">to</s><sn="4310">whom</s> shall he go <sn="5927">up</s><sn="4480 5921">from</s> us? </v>
<vn='21'>And they <sn="7971">sent</s><sn="4397">messengers</s><sn="413">to</s> the <sn="3427">inhabitants</s> of <sn="7157">Kirjath</s> -jearim, <sn="559">saying</s>, The <sn="6430">Philistines</s> have brought <sn="7725">again</s><sn="*853"></s> the <sn="727">ark</s> of the <sn="3068">LORD</s>; come ye <sn="3381">down</s>, and fetch it <sn="5927 *853">up</s><sn="413">to</s> you. </v>