1 Samuel 6:3

6:3 They replied, “If you are going to send the ark of ¹  the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

1 Samuel 6:1

The Philistines Return the Ark

6:1 When the ark of the Lord had been in the land ²  of the Philistines for seven months, ³ 

1 Samuel 6:8

6:8 Then take the ark of the Lord and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

1 Samuel 6:17

6:17 These are the gold sores that the Philistines brought as a guilt offering to the Lord – one for each of the following cities: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.

¹ tc The LXX and a Qumran ms add “the covenant of the Lord.”

² tn Heb “field.”

³ tc The LXX adds “and their land swarmed with mice.”