The Levitestookdownthe arkof the LORDand the boxthat was with it, in whichwere the articlesof gold,and putthem on the largestone;and the menof Beth-shemeshofferedburntofferingsand sacrificedsacrificesthat dayto the LORD.
The borderturnedaboutfrom Baalahwestwardto MountSeir,and continuedto the slopeof MountJearimon the north(that is, Chesalon),and wentdownto Beth-shemeshand continuedthroughTimnah.
and they commandedthe people,saying,"When you seethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour Godwith the Leviticalpriestscarryingit, then you shall setout from your placeand goafterit.
and the goldenmice,[according] to the numberof allthe citiesof the Philistinesbelonging to the fivelords,bothof fortifiedcitiesand of countryvillages.The largestoneon whichthey setthe arkof the LORD[is a witness] to thisdayin the fieldof Joshuathe Beth-shemite.
