1 Samuel 6:1-3

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition

The Ark Returned to Israel

6 The ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months. ² Then the Philistines called for the priests and the diviners and said, ‘What shall we do with the ark of the Lord? Tell us what we should send with it to its place.’ ³ They said, ‘If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, do not send it empty, but by all means return him a guilt-offering. Then you will be healed and will be ransomed;^[a] will not his hand then turn from you?’