King James Version (KJV) With Strong Codes

1. And the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] was[H1961] in the country[H7704] of the Philistines[H6430] seven[H7651] months.[H2320]

2. And the Philistines[H6430] called[H7121] for the priests[H3548] and the diviners,[H7080] saying,[H559] What[H4100] shall we do[H6213] to the ark[H727] of the LORD?[H3068] tell[H3045] us wherewith[H4100] we shall send[H7971] it to his place.[H4725]

3. And they said,[H559] If[H518] ye send away[H7971] [H853] the ark[H727] of the God[H430] of Israel,[H3478] send[H7971] it not[H408] empty;[H7387] but[H3588] in any wise return[H7725] [H7725] him a trespass offering:[H817] then[H227] ye shall be healed,[H7495] and it shall be known[H3045] to you why[H4100] his hand[H3027] is not[H3808] removed[H5493] from[H4480] you.

4. Then said[H559] they, What[H4100] shall be the trespass offering[H817] which[H834] we shall return[H7725] to him? They answered,[H559] Five[H2568] golden[H2091] emerods,[H6076] and five[H2568] golden[H2091] mice,[H5909] according to the number[H4557] of the lords[H5633] of the Philistines:[H6430] for[H3588] one[H259] plague[H4046] was on you all,[H3605] and on your lords.[H5633]

5. Wherefore ye shall make[H6213] images[H6754] of your emerods,[H6076] and images[H6754] of your mice[H5909] that mar[H7843] [H853] the land;[H776] and ye shall give[H5414] glory[H3519] unto the God[H430] of Israel:[H3478] peradventure[H194] he will lighten[H7043] [H853] his hand[H3027] from off[H4480] [H5921] you, and from off[H4480] [H5921] your gods,[H430] and from off[H4480] [H5921] your land.[H776]

6. Wherefore[H4100] then do ye harden[H3513] [H853] your hearts,[H3824] as[H834] the Egyptians[H4714] and Pharaoh[H6547] hardened[H3513] [H853] their hearts?[H3820] when[H834] he had wrought wonderfully[H5953] among them, did they not[H3808] let the people go,[H7971] and they departed?[H1980]

7. Now[H6258] therefore make[H6213] a[H259] new[H2319] cart,[H5699] and take[H3947] two[H8147] milch[H5763] kine,[H6510] on[H5921] which[H834] there hath come[H5927] no[H3808] yoke,[H5923] and tie[H631] [H853] the kine[H6510] to the cart,[H5699] and bring[H7725] their calves[H1121] home[H1004] from[H4480] [H310] them:

8. And take[H3947] [H853] the ark[H727] of the LORD,[H3068] and lay[H5414] it upon[H413] the cart;[H5699] and put[H7760] the jewels[H3627] of gold,[H2091] which[H834] ye return[H7725] him for a trespass offering,[H817] in a coffer[H712] by the side[H4480] [H6654] thereof; and send it away,[H7971] [H853] that it may go.[H1980]

9. And see,[H7200] if[H518] it goeth up[H5927] by the way[H1870] of his own coast[H1366] to Beth-shemesh,[H1053] then he[H1931] hath done[H6213] us[H853] this[H2063] great[H1419] evil:[H7451] but if[H518] not,[H3808] then we shall know[H3045] that[H3588] it is not[H3808] his hand[H3027] that smote[H5060] us: it[H1931] was a chance[H4745] that happened[H1961] to us.

10. And the men[H376] did[H6213] so;[H3651] and took[H3947] two[H8147] milch[H5763] kine,[H6510] and tied[H631] them to the cart,[H5699] and shut up[H3607] their calves[H1121] at home: [H1004]

11. And they laid[H7760] [H853] the ark[H727] of the LORD[H3068] upon[H413] the cart,[H5699] and the coffer[H712] with[H854] the mice[H5909] of gold[H2091] and the images[H6754] of their emerods.[H2914]

12. And the kine[H6510] took the straight[H3474] way[H1870] to[H5921] the way[H1870] of Beth-shemesh,[H1053] and went along[H1980] the[H259] highway,[H4546] lowing[H1600] as they went,[H1980] and turned not aside[H5493] [H3808] to the right hand[H3225] or to the left;[H8040] and the lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] went[H1980] after[H310] them unto[H5704] the border[H1366] of Beth-shemesh.[H1053]

13. And they of Beth-shemesh[H1053] were reaping[H7114] their wheat[H2406] harvest[H7105] in the valley:[H6010] and they lifted up[H5375] [H853] their eyes,[H5869] and saw[H7200] [H853] the ark,[H727] and rejoiced[H8055] to see[H7200] it.

14. And the cart[H5699] came[H935] into[H413] the field[H7704] of Joshua,[H3091] a Beth-shemite,[H1030] and stood[H5975] there,[H8033] where[H8033] there was a great[H1419] stone:[H68] and they cleaved[H1234] [H853] the wood[H6086] of the cart,[H5699] and offered[H5927] the kine[H6510] a burnt offering[H5930] unto the LORD.[H3068]

15. And the Levites[H3881] took down[H3381] [H853] the ark[H727] of the LORD,[H3068] and the coffer[H712] that[H834] was with[H854] it, wherein[H834] the jewels[H3627] of gold[H2091] were, and put[H7760] them on[H413] the great[H1419] stone:[H68] and the men[H376] of Beth-shemesh[H1053] offered[H5927] burnt offerings[H5930] and sacrificed[H2076] sacrifices[H2077] the same[H1931] day[H3117] unto the LORD.[H3068]

16. And when the five[H2568] lords[H5633] of the Philistines[H6430] had seen[H7200] it, they returned[H7725] to Ekron[H6138] the same[H1931] day.[H3117]

17. And these[H428] are the golden[H2091] emerods[H2914] which[H834] the Philistines[H6430] returned[H7725] for a trespass offering[H817] unto the LORD;[H3068] for Ashdod[H795] one,[H259] for Gaza[H5804] one,[H259] for Askelon[H831] one,[H259] for Gath[H1661] one,[H259] for Ekron[H6138] one;[H259]

18. And the golden[H2091] mice,[H5909] according to the number[H4557] of all[H3605] the cities[H5892] of the Philistines[H6430] belonging to the five[H2568] lords,[H5633] both of fenced cities,[H4480] [H5892] [H4013] and of[H5704] country[H6521] villages,[H3724] even unto[H5704] the great[H1419] stone of Abel,[H59] whereon[H834] [H5921] they set down[H5117] [H853] the ark[H727] of the LORD:[H3068] which stone remaineth unto[H5704] this[H2088] day[H3117] in the field[H7704] of Joshua,[H3091] the Beth-shemite.[H1030]

19. And he smote[H5221] the men[H376] of Beth-shemesh,[H1053] because[H3588] they had looked[H7200] into the ark[H727] of the LORD,[H3068] even he smote[H5221] of the people[H5971] fifty[H2572] thousand[H505] and threescore and ten[H7657] men:[H376] and the people[H5971] lamented,[H56] because[H3588] the LORD[H3068] had smitten[H5221] many of the people[H5971] with a great[H1419] slaughter.[H4347]

20. And the men[H376] of Beth-shemesh[H1053] said,[H559] Who[H4310] is able[H3201] to stand[H5975] before[H6440] this[H2088] holy[H6918] LORD[H3068] God?[H430] and to[H413] whom[H4310] shall he go up[H5927] from[H4480] [H5921] us?

21. And they sent[H7971] messengers[H4397] to[H413] the inhabitants[H3427] of Kirjath-jearim,[H7157] saying,[H559] The Philistines[H6430] have brought again[H7725] [H853] the ark[H727] of the LORD;[H3068] come ye down,[H3381] and fetch it up[H5927] [H853] to[H413] you.