1 Samuel 6:3 WEB

¹  The ark of Yahweh was in the country of the Philistines seven months.

²  The Philistines called for the priests and the diviners, saying, 'What shall we do with the ark of Yahweh? Show us with which we shall send it to its place.'

³  They said, 'If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you.'

⁴  Then they said, 'What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?' They said, 'Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.

⁵  Therefore you shall make images of your tumors, and images of your mice that mar the land; and you shall give glory to the God of Israel: peradventure he will lighten his hand from off you, and from off your gods, and from off your land.