After seven months of affliction, the Philistines decide to return the ark with golden images as a trespass offering. Their priests devise a test using two milk cows that have never been yoked; the cows go straight to Beth-shemesh, confirming to the Philistines that the calamity came from the LORD. Yet joy at the ark’s return is followed by judgment at Beth-shemesh when men treat the holy ark irreverently.
After seven months of affliction, the Philistines decide to return the ark with golden images as a trespass offering. Their priests devise a test using two milk cows that have never been yoked; the cows go straight to Beth-shemesh, confirming to the Philistines that the calamity came from the LORD. Yet joy at the ark’s return is followed by judgment at Beth-shemesh when men treat the holy ark irreverently.
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