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1 Samuel 6

Jubilee Bible 2000 JUB

1 And the ark of the LORD was in the land of the Philistines seven months.

2 Then the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we shall return it to his place.

3 And they said, If ye send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but ye shall pay unto him the <em>expiation of</em> guilt; then ye shall be healed, and ye shall know why his hand was not removed from you.

4 Then said they, What shall be the <em>expiation of</em> guilt which we shall pay unto him? They answered, Five golden hemorrhoids and five golden rats, <em>according to</em> the number of the cardinals of the Philistines, for the same plague that is on you is also on your cardinals.

5 Therefore, ye shall make images of your hemorrhoids and images of your rats that destroy the land, and ye shall give glory unto the God of Israel; peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your land.

6 Why then do ye harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? When he had dealt <em>thus</em> among them, did they not let the people go, and they departed?

7 Now, therefore, make a new cart and take two milk cows, on which no yoke has been placed and tie the cows to the cart and bring their calves home from them.

8 Then ye shall take the ark of the LORD and lay it upon the cart and put the jewels of gold, which ye pay him <em>for expiation of</em> guilt, in a coffer by the side thereof, and let it go.

9 And see if it goes up by the way of his own border to Bethshemesh, <em>then</em> he has done us this great evil, but if not, then we shall know that <em>it is</em> not his hand <em>that</em> smote us; it <em>was</em> an accident <em>that</em> happened to us.

10 And the men did so and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart and shut up their calves at home.

11 Then they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart and the coffer with the rats of gold and the images of their hemorrhoids.

12 And the cows went straight down the way of Bethshemesh <em>and</em> went along the highway, lowing as they went and turned not aside <em>to</em> the right hand or <em>to</em> the left, and the cardinals of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Bethshemesh.

13 And <em>those of</em> Bethshemesh <em>were</em> reaping their wheat harvest in the valley, and they lifted up their eyes and saw the ark and rejoiced to see <em>it</em>.

14 And the cart came into the field of Joshua, a Bethshemite, and stopped there, for there was a great stone there; and they clave the wood of the cart and offered the cows in a burnt offering unto the LORD.

15 And the Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the coffer that <em>was</em> with it, in which <em>were</em> the jewels of gold, and put <em>them</em> on the great stone, and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the LORD.

16 And when the five cardinals of the Philistines had seen <em>it</em>, they returned to Ekron the same day.

17 These, therefore are the golden hemorrhoids which the Philistines returned <em>in expiation</em> for their guilt unto the LORD, for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one,

18 and the golden rats, <em>according to</em> the number of all the cities of the Philistines <em>belonging</em> to the five cardinals; a ransom for those of the fenced cities and for the country dwellers even unto the great <em>stone of</em> Abel, upon which they placed the ark of the LORD in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite, and <em>this is remembered</em> unto this day.

19 <em>Then</em> God smote those of Bethshemesh because they had looked at the ark of the LORD; he smote fifty thousand of the people and seventy <em>principal</em> men. And the people lamented because the LORD had smitten the people with such a great slaughter.

20 And the men of Bethshemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD God? And to whom shall he go up from us?

21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjathjearim, saying, The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD; come down, therefore, and carry it up to you.

New International Version NIV

1 When the ark of the LORD had been in Philistine territory seven months,

2 the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, “What shall we do with the ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it back to its place.”

3 They answered, “If you return the ark of the god of Israel, do not send it back to him without a gift; by all means send a guilt offering to him. Then you will be healed, and you will know why his hand has not been lifted from you.”

4 The Philistines asked, “What guilt offering should we send to him?” They replied, “Five gold tumors and five gold rats, according to the number of the Philistine rulers, because the same plague has struck both you and your rulers.

5 Make models of the tumors and of the rats that are destroying the country, and give glory to Israel’s god. Perhaps he will lift his hand from you and your gods and your land.

6 Why do you harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh did? When Israel’s god dealt harshly with them, did they not send the Israelites out so they could go on their way?

7 “Now then, get a new cart ready, with two cows that have calved and have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

8 Take the ark of the LORD and put it on the cart, and in a chest beside it put the gold objects you are sending back to him as a guilt offering. Send it on its way,

9 but keep watching it. If it goes up to its own territory, toward Beth Shemesh, then the LORD has brought this great disaster on us. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us but that it happened to us by chance.”

10 So they did this. They took two such cows and hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves.

11 They placed the ark of the LORD on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.

12 Then the cows went straight up toward Beth Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of the Philistines followed them as far as the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley, and when they looked up and saw the ark, they rejoiced at the sight.

14 The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. The people chopped up the wood of the cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

15 The Levites took down the ark of the LORD, together with the chest containing the gold objects, and placed them on the large rock. On that day the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

16 The five rulers of the Philistines saw all this and then returned that same day to Ekron.

17 These are the gold tumors the Philistines sent as a guilt offering to the LORD—one each for Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath and Ekron.

18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the LORD is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19 But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the LORD had dealt them.

20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand in the presence of the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

21 Then they sent messengers to the people of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down and take it up to your town.”