1 Samuel 6:15-17

The Voice

¹⁵ The Levites took the chest of the Eternal and the box next to it down from the wagon. They took the gold images from the box and set them upon the stone altar. Then the people of Beth-shemesh offered sacrifices and made other burnt offerings to the Eternal One.

¹⁶ When the five rulers of the Philistines saw how their offering had been received that day, they returned to Ekron.

¹⁷ The five gold images of swollen tumors presented to the Eternal One by the Philistines as a guilt offering represented Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron—one for each.