1 Samuel 6:11

11 They put the ark of the LORD and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart.

1 Samuel 6:11 Meaning and Commentary

1 Samuel 6:11

And they laid the ark of the Lord upon the cart
Perhaps the same men that made the cart; however they were the Philistines, yet were not punished for touching it, as Uzzah was, though an Israelite, ( 2 Samuel 6:6 2 Samuel 6:7 )

and the coffer with the mice of gold, and the images of their emerods;
which coffer was placed in a purse or bag hung at the side of the ark, with the golden mice and emerods in it.

1 Samuel 6:11 In-Context

9 but then watch where it goes. If it goes up the road to its own country toward Beth Shemesh, then this disaster is the LORD's doing. But if not, we'll know it wasn't his hand that struck us, but what happened to us was an accident."

10 The people did this. They took two dairy cows, hitched them to a cart, and shut the calves in the stall.

11 They put the ark of the LORD and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart.

12 The cows went straight up the road to Beth Shemesh. Continually mooing, they stayed on the road and didn't turn right or left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them to the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 The people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were overjoyed.