1 Samuel 6

The Philistines return the ark of YHWH to Beth-Shemesh on a cart pulled by two milk cows, which miraculously go straight there; the men of Beth-Shemesh offer sacrifices but YHWH strikes 70 men for looking into the ark, prompting them to send it to Kiriath-jearim.[1][2][6]

Interlinear Text

And they said If you are sending - the ark of God of Israel do not send it empty for returning you shall return to Him a guilt offering then you will be healed and it will be known to you why not turns away His hand from you
And they said What the guilt offering that we shall return to Him And they said number of the lords of the Philistines Five tumors tumors golden and five mice golden for plague one on all of you and on your lords
and you shall make images of your tumors your tumors and images of your mice that ravage [direct object marker] the land and you shall give to the God of Israel glory perhaps he will lighten [direct object marker] his hand from off you and from off your gods and from off your land
5 וַ/עֲשִׂיתֶם֩ 𐤅/𐤏𐤔𐤉𐤕𐤌 vaasitem and you shall make HC/Vqq2mp צַלְמֵ֨י 𐤑𐤋𐤌𐤉 tsalemey images of HNcmpc עפלי/כם 𐤏𐤐𐤋𐤉/𐤊𐤌 flykhm your tumors HNcmpc/Sp2mp טְחֹרֵי/כֶ֜ם 𐤈𐤇𐤓𐤉/𐤊𐤌 techoreykhem your tumors HNcmpc/Sp2mp וְ/צַלְמֵ֣י 𐤅/𐤑𐤋𐤌𐤉 vetsalemey and images of HC/Ncmpc עַכְבְּרֵי/כֶ֗ם 𐤏𐤊𐤁𐤓𐤉/𐤊𐤌 akhebereykhem your mice HNcmpc/Sp2mp הַ/מַּשְׁחִיתִם֙ 𐤄/𐤌𐤔𐤇𐤉𐤕𐤌 hamashechitim that ravage HTd/Vhrmpa אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et [direct object marker] HTo הָ/אָ֔רֶץ 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤑 haarets the land HTd/Ncbsa וּ/נְתַתֶּ֛ם 𐤅/𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤌 unetatem and you shall give HC/Vqq2mp לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥י 𐤋/𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 lelohey Mulimu (Lozi) to the God of HR/Ncmpc יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 yiserael Israel HNp כָּב֑וֹד 𐤊𐤁𐤅𐤃 kavod glory HNcbsa אוּלַ֗י 𐤀𐤅𐤋𐤉 ulay perhaps HD יָקֵ֤ל 𐤉𐤒𐤋 yaqel he will lighten HVhi3ms אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et-2 [direct object marker] HTo יָד/וֹ֙ 𐤉𐤃/𐤅 yado his hand HNcbsc/Sp3ms מֵֽ/עֲלֵי/כֶ֔ם 𐤌/𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤊𐤌 mealeykhem from off you HR/R/Sp2mp וּ/מֵ/עַ֥ל 𐤅/𐤌/𐤏𐤋 umeal and from off HC/R/R אֱלֹהֵי/כֶ֖ם 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉/𐤊𐤌 eloheykhem Mulimu (Lozi) your gods HNcmpc/Sp2mp וּ/מֵ/עַ֥ל 𐤅/𐤌/𐤏𐤋 umeal-2 and from off HC/R/R אַרְצְ/כֶֽם 𐤀𐤓𐤑/𐤊𐤌 aretsekhem your land HNcbsc/Sp2mp
Now therefore take and make a cart new one and two cows that have calved which not has come up upon them yoke and tie [direct object marker] the cows to the cart and bring back their calves from behind them home
and you will see if the way of its border it goes up to Beth -shemesh it has done to us [direct object marker] the evil the great this and if not we will know that not his hand touched us a chance it was to us
and they went straight the cows on the way toward the road Beth -shemesh on the highway one they went going and lowing and not they turned aside right or left and the lords of the Philistines were going after them to the border of Beth -shemesh
And the Levites took down (direct object marker) the ark of YHWH and the coffer that was with it in which in it vessels of gold and they put on the stone the large And the men of Beth shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices on the day that to YHWH
15 וְ/הַ/לְוִיִּ֞ם 𐤅/𐤄/𐤋𐤅𐤉𐤌 vehaleviyim And the Levites HC/Td/Ngmpa הוֹרִ֣ידוּ 𐤄𐤅𐤓𐤉𐤃𐤅 horidu took down HVhp3cp אֶת 𐤀𐤕 et (direct object marker) HTo אֲר֣וֹן 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 aron the ark HNcbsc יְהוָ֗ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of YHWH HNp וְ/אֶת 𐤅/𐤀𐤕 veet and HC/To הָ/אַרְגַּ֤ז 𐤄/𐤀𐤓𐤂𐤆 haaregaz the coffer HTd/Ncmsa אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher that HTr אִתּ/וֹ֙ 𐤀𐤕/𐤅 ito was with it HR/Sp3ms אֲשֶׁר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher-2 in which HTr בּ֣/וֹ 𐤁/𐤅 bo in it HR/Sp3ms כְלֵֽי 𐤊𐤋𐤉 kheley vessels HNcmpc זָהָ֔ב 𐤆𐤄𐤁 zahav of gold HNcmsa וַ/יָּשִׂ֖מוּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤔𐤌𐤅 vayasimu and they put HC/Vqw3mp אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el on HR הָ/אֶ֣בֶן 𐤄/𐤀𐤁𐤍 haeven the stone HTd/Ncfsa הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֑ה 𐤄/𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 hagedolah the large HTd/Aafsa וְ/אַנְשֵׁ֣י 𐤅/𐤀𐤍𐤔𐤉 veaneshey And the men HC/Ncmpc בֵֽית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 veyt of Beth HNp שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ 𐤔𐤌𐤔 shemesh shemesh HNp הֶעֱל֨וּ 𐤄𐤏𐤋𐤅 heelu offered HVhp3cp עֹל֜וֹת 𐤏𐤋𐤅𐤕 olot burnt offerings HNcfpa וַֽ/יִּזְבְּח֧וּ 𐤅/𐤉𐤆𐤁𐤇𐤅 vayizebechu and sacrificed HC/Vqw3mp זְבָחִ֛ים 𐤆𐤁𐤇𐤉𐤌 zevachim sacrifices HNcmpa בַּ/יּ֥וֹם 𐤁/𐤉𐤅𐤌 bayom on the day HRd/Ncmsa הַ/ה֖וּא 𐤄/𐤄𐤅𐤀 hahu that HTd/Pp3ms לַֽ/יהוָֽה 𐤋/𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 layhvah Nyambe (Lozi) to YHWH HR/Np
and the golden mice of gold the number of all cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords from city fortified even to village villages even to Abel the great where they set down on it the ark of YHWH until this day this in the field of Joshua Beth- shemesh
18 וְ/עַכְבְּרֵ֣י 𐤅/𐤏𐤊𐤁𐤓𐤉 veakheberey and the golden mice HC/Ncmpc הַ/זָּהָ֗ב 𐤄/𐤆𐤄𐤁 hazahav of gold HTd/Ncmsa מִסְפַּ֞ר 𐤌𐤎𐤐𐤓 misepar the number HNcmsc כָּל 𐤊𐤋 kal of all HNcmsc עָרֵ֤י 𐤏𐤓𐤉 arey cities HNcfpc פְלִשְׁתִּים֙ 𐤐𐤋𐤔𐤕𐤉𐤌 felishetim of the Philistines HNgmpa לַ/חֲמֵ֣שֶׁת 𐤋/𐤇𐤌𐤔𐤕 lachameshet belonging to the five HR/Acmsc הַ/סְּרָנִ֔ים 𐤄/𐤎𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 haseranim lords HTd/Ncmpa מֵ/עִ֣יר 𐤌/𐤏𐤉𐤓 meir from city HR/Ncfsc מִבְצָ֔ר 𐤌𐤁𐤑𐤓 mivetsar fortified HNcmsa וְ/עַ֖ד 𐤅/𐤏𐤃 vead even to HC/R כֹּ֣פֶר 𐤊𐤐𐤓 kofer village HNcmsc הַ/פְּרָזִ֑י 𐤄/𐤐𐤓𐤆𐤉 haperazi villages HTd/Ncmsa וְ/עַ֣ד 𐤅/𐤏𐤃 vead-2 even to HC/R אָבֵ֣ל 𐤀𐤁𐤋 avel Abel HNp הַ/גְּדוֹלָ֗ה 𐤄/𐤂𐤃𐤅𐤋𐤄 hagedolah the great HTd/Aafsa אֲשֶׁ֨ר 𐤀𐤔𐤓 asher where HTr הִנִּ֤יחוּ 𐤄𐤍𐤉𐤇𐤅 hinichu they set down HVhp3cp עָלֶ֨י/הָ֙ 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤄 aleyha on it HR/Sp3fs אֵ֚ת 𐤀𐤕 et the HTo אֲר֣וֹן 𐤀𐤓𐤅𐤍 aron ark HNcbsc יְהוָ֔ה 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 yehvah Nyambe (Lozi) of YHWH HNp עַ֚ד 𐤏𐤃 ad until HR הַ/יּ֣וֹם 𐤄/𐤉𐤅𐤌 hayom this day HTd/Ncmsa הַ/זֶּ֔ה 𐤄/𐤆𐤄 hazeh this HTd/Pdxms בִּ/שְׂדֵ֥ה 𐤁/𐤔𐤃𐤄 bisedeh in the field HR/Ncmsc יְהוֹשֻׁ֖עַ 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤔𐤏 yehoshua of Joshua HNp בֵּֽית 𐤁𐤉𐤕 beyt Beth- HNgmsa הַשִּׁמְשִֽׁי 𐤄𐤔𐤌𐤔𐤉 hashimeshi shemesh HNgmsa
and struck the men of Beth- shemesh because they had looked into the ark of YHWH and he struck among the people seventy men fifty thousand men and the people mourned the people because had struck YHWH the people with a blow great