1 Samuel 6:2-9 And the Philistines called their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Teach us how we shall send it away to its proper place.

CAB⁽ⁱ⁾ ² And the Philistines called their priests, and their prophets, and their enchanters, saying, What shall we do to the ark of the Lord? Teach us how we shall send it away to its proper place. ³ And they said, If you send away the ark of the covenant of the Lord God of Israel, do not on any account send it away empty, but by all means render to it an offering for the plague; and then shall you be healed, and an atonement shall be made for you. Should not His hand be thus stayed from off you? ⁴ And they said, What is the offering for the plague which we shall return to it? And they said, ⁵ According to the number of the lords of the Philistines, five golden tumors, for the plague was on you, and on your rulers, and on the people; and golden rats, the likeness of the rats that destroy your land. And you shall give glory to the Lord, that He may lighten His hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land. ⁶ And why do you harden your hearts, as Egypt and Pharaoh hardened their hearts? Was it not so when He mocked them, that they let the people go, and they departed? ⁷ And now take wood and make a new wagon, and take two cows, that have calved for the first time, without their calves; and yoke the cows to the wagon, and lead the calves away from them, and take them home. ⁸ And you shall take the ark and put it on the wagon. And you shall restore to it the golden articles for the trespass offering in a coffer by the side of it; and you shall let it go, and sent it away, and you shall depart. ⁹ And you shall see, if it shall go the way of its coasts along by Beth Shemesh, He has brought upon us this great affliction; and if not, then shall we know that His hand has not touched us, and this has happened to us by chance.