1 Samuel 6:17

And these the golden emerods which the Philistines returned a trespass offering unto the Yahuah; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

— The Restored Word Bible

Context

15 And the Levites took down the ark of the Yahuah, and the coffer that with it, wherein the jewels of gold , and put on the great stone: and the men of Bethshemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices the same day unto the Yahuah.

16 And when the five lords of the Philistines had seen , they returned to Ekron the same day.

17 And these the golden emerods which the Philistines returned a trespass offering unto the Yahuah; for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Askelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

18 And the golden mice, the number of all the cities of the Philistines to the five lords, of fenced cities, and of country villages, even unto the great Abel, whereon they set down the ark of the Yahuah: unto this day in the field of Joshua, the Bethshemite.

19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Yahuah, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the Yahuah had smitten of the people with a great slaughter.

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