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11 They put the Lord's Covenant Box on the cart. They put the other box beside it on the cart. That box contained the gold images of the mice and the tumours. 12 The cows pulled the cart straight along the road towards Beth Shemesh. They did not turn off the road at all, to the left side or the right side. As they went, they made a lot of noise. The Philistine rulers walked behind the cart all the way, as far as the edge of Beth Shemesh.

13 The people who lived in Beth Shemesh were working in their fields in the valley. They were cutting their wheat at harvest time.[a] They looked up and they saw the Lord's Covenant Box. It made them very happy.

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  1. 6:13 The people took in their wheat in the months of May and June.