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20 The people of Beth Shemesh said, ‘The Lord is a holy God! Nobody can go near to him! We must send his Covenant Box away from us. But who can ever take care of it?’

21 So they sent people to Kiriath-Jearim with a message.[a] They said, ‘The Philistines have sent the Lord's Covenant Box back to Israel. Please come and take it from us. Take it to your town.’

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Footnotes

  1. 6:21 Kiriath-Jearim was about 24 kilometres (15 miles) from Beth Shemesh.