1 Samuel 6:10-18

¹⁰ Then the men did so , and took two milch cows and hitched them to the cart , and shut up their calves at home . ¹¹ They put the ark of the Lord on the cart , and the box with the golden mice and the likenesses of their tumors . ¹² And the cows took the straight way in the direction of Beth-shemesh ; they went along the highway , lowing as they went , and did not turn aside to the right or to the left . And the lords of the Philistines followed e them to the border of Beth-shemesh . ¹³ Now the people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley , and they raised their eyes and saw the ark and were glad to see it. ¹⁴ The cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite and stood there where there was a large stone ; and they split the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the Lord . ¹⁵ The Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the box that was with it, in which were the articles of gold , and put them on the large stone ; and the men of Beth-shemesh offered burnt offerings and sacrificed sacrifices that day to the Lord . ¹⁶ When the five lords of the Philistines saw it, they returned to Ekron that day . ¹⁷ These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a guilt offering to the Lord : one for Ashdod , one for Gaza , one for Ashkelon , one for Gath , one for Ekron ; ¹⁸ and the golden mice , according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords , both of fortified cities and of country villages . The large stone on which they set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite .