1 Samuel 6:11

11 Then they put the ark of Yahweh on the utility cart with the container [holding] the gold mice and the images of their tumors.

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 You must watch; if it goes up by the way of its territory to Beth Shemesh, he has caused this great disaster to [come on] us. But if not, then we will know his hand has not struck us; it [was by] chance [that] this happened to us.

10 So the men did so; they took two milking cows and harnessed them to the utility cart, but they shut up their calves in the stall.

11 Then they put the ark of Yahweh on the utility cart with the container [holding] the gold mice and the images of their tumors.

12 The cows went straight on the way on the road to Beth Shemesh, on the one main road, {lowing as they went}. They did not turn aside to the right or to the left, and the rulers of [the] Philistines [were] walking after them up to the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now [the people of] Beth Shemesh [were] reaping the wheat harvest in the valley. They lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and they were glad to see [it].

Footnotes

• [a]. Or perhaps "chest" or "bag"