1 Samuel 6:1-3

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God’s Holy Box Is Sent Back Home

6 The Philistines kept the Lord’s Holy Box in their land for seven months. ²The Philistines called their priests and magicians and said, “What must we do with the Lord’s Box? Tell us how to send it back home.”

³The priests and magicians answered, “If you send back the Holy Box of the God of Israel, don’t send it away empty. You must offer gifts to the God of Israel. Then you will be healed. You must do this so that God will stop punishing you.”^[a]

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Footnotes

1 Samuel 6:3 You must do … punishing you This is found in the ancient Greek version and a Hebrew scroll from Qumran. The standard Hebrew text has “Then you will know why God did not stop punishing you.”