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12 The cows went straight on the way on the road to Beth Shemesh, on the one main road, lowing as they went.[a] They did not turn aside to the right or to the left, and the rulers of the Philistines were walking after them up to the border of Beth Shemesh.

13 Now the people of Beth Shemesh were reaping the wheat harvest in the valley. They lifted their eyes and saw the ark, and they were glad to see it. 14 The utility cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh and stopped there where there was a large stone. They split the wood of the utility cart and sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to Yahweh.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:12 Literally “they went going and lowing”