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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. 15 Then the Levites took down the ark of Yahweh and the container[a] that was beside it, in which were the gold objects, and they set them on the large stone.[b] Then the men of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings, and they made[c] sacrifices to Yahweh on that day.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Samuel 6:15 Or perhaps “chest” or “bag”
  2. 1 Samuel 6:15 The Masoretic Hebrew text reads “Abel” here; some Hebrew manuscripts and LXX read “stone” (see 6:14–15)
  3. 1 Samuel 6:15 Literally “sacrificed”