1 And the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 was in the country 7704 of the Philistines 6430 seven 7651 months 2320.
2 And the Philistines 6430 called 7121 for the priests 3548 and the diviners 7080, saying 559, What shall we do 6213 to the ark 727 of the LORD 3068? tell 3045 us wherewith we shall send 7971 it to his place 4725.
3 And they said 559, If ye send away 7971 the ark 727 of the God 430 of Israel 3478, send 7971 it not empty 7387; but in any wise 7725 return 7725 him a trespass offering 817: then ye shall be healed 7495, and it shall be known 3045 to you why his hand 3027 is not removed 5493 from you.
4 Then said 559 they, What shall be the trespass offering 817 which we shall return 7725 to him? They answered 559, Five 2568 golden 2091 emerods 2914 6076, and five 2568 golden 2091 mice 5909, according to the number 4557 of the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430: for one 259 plague 4046 was on you all, and on your lords 5633.
5 Wherefore ye shall make 6213 images 6754 of your emerods 2914 6076, and images 6754 of your mice 5909 that mar 7843 the land 776; and ye shall give 5414 glory 3519 unto the God 430 of Israel 3478: peradventure he will lighten 7043 his hand 3027 from off you, and from off your gods 430, and from off your land 776.
6 Wherefore then do ye harden 3513 your hearts 3824, as the Egyptians 4714 and Pharaoh 6547 hardened 3513 their hearts 3820? when he had wrought wonderfully 5953 among them, did they not let the people go 7971, and they departed 3212?
7 Now therefore make 6213 a 259 new 2319 cart 5699, and take 3947 two 8147 milch 5763 kine 6510, on which there hath come 5927 no yoke 5923, and tie 631 the kine 6510 to the cart 5699, and bring 7725 their calves 1121 home 1004 from them 310:
8 And take 3947 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068, and lay 5414 it upon the cart 5699; and put 7760 the jewels 3627 of gold 2091, which ye return 7725 him for a trespass offering 817, in a coffer 712 by the side 6654 thereof; and send it away 7971, that it may go 1980.
9 And see 7200, if it goeth up 5927 by the way 1870 of his own coast 1366 to Bethshemesh 1053, then he hath done 6213 us this great 1419 evil 7451: but if not, then we shall know 3045 that it is not his hand 3027 that smote 5060 us: it was a chance 4745 that happened to us 1961.
10 And the men 582 did so 6213; and took 3947 two 8147 milch 5763 kine 6510, and tied 631 them to the cart 5699, and shut up 3607 their calves 1121 at home 1004:
11 And they laid 7760 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068 upon the cart 5699, and the coffer 712 with the mice 5909 of gold 2091 and the images 6754 of their emerods 2914.
12 And the kine 6510 took the straight 3474 way 1870 to the way 1870 of Bethshemesh 1053, and went along 1980 the highway 4546 259, lowing 1600 as they went 1980, and turned not aside 5493 to the right hand 3225 or to the left 8040; and the lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 went 1980 after 310 them unto the border 1366 of Bethshemesh 1053.
13 And they of Bethshemesh 1053 were reaping 7114 their wheat 2406 harvest 7105 in the valley 6010: and they lifted up 5375 their eyes 5869, and saw 7200 the ark 727, and rejoiced 8055 to see 7200 it.
14 And the cart 5699 came 935 into the field 7704 of Joshua 3091, a Bethshemite 1030, and stood 5975 there, where there was a great 1419 stone 68: and they clave 1234 the wood 6086 of the cart 5699, and offered 5927 the kine 6510 a burnt offering 5930 unto the LORD 3068.
15 And the Levites 3881 took down 3381 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068, and the coffer 712 that was with it, wherein the jewels 3627 of gold 2091 were, and put 7760 them on the great 1419 stone 68: and the men 582 of Bethshemesh 1053 offered 5927 burnt offerings 5930 and sacrificed 2076 sacrifices 2077 the same day 3117 unto the LORD 3068.
16 And when the five 2568 lords 5633 of the Philistines 6430 had seen 7200 it, they returned 7725 to Ekron 6138 the same day 3117.
17 And these are the golden 2091 emerods 2914 which the Philistines 6430 returned 7725 for a trespass offering 817 unto the LORD 3068; for Ashdod 795 one 259, for Gaza 5804 one 259, for Askelon 831 one 259, for Gath 1661 one 259, for Ekron 6138 one 259;
18 And the golden 2091 mice 5909, according to the number 4557 of all the cities 5892 of the Philistines 6430 belonging to the five 2568 lords 5633, both of fenced 4013 cities 5892, and of country 6521 villages 3724, even unto the great 1419 stone of Abel 59, whereon they set down 3240 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068: which stone remaineth unto this day 3117 in the field 7704 of Joshua 3091, the Bethshemite 1030.
19 And he smote 5221 the men 376 of Bethshemesh 1053, because they had looked 7200 into the ark 727 of the LORD 3068, even he smote 5221 of the people 5971 fifty 2572 thousand 505 and threescore and ten 7657 men 582: and the people 5971 lamented 56, because the LORD 3068 had smitten 5221 many of the people 5971 with a great 1419 slaughter 4347.
20 And the men 582 of Bethshemesh 1053 said 559, Who is able 3201 to stand 5975 before 6440 this holy 6918 LORD 3068 God 430? and to whom shall he go up 5927 from us?
21 And they sent 7971 messengers 4397 to the inhabitants 3427 of Kirjathjearim 7157, saying 559, The Philistines 6430 have brought again 7725 the ark 727 of the LORD 3068; come ye down 3381, and fetch it up 5927 to you.