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וּרְאִיתֶ֗ם אִם־דֶּ֨רֶךְ גְּבוּלֹ֤ו יַֽעֲלֶה֙ בֵּ֣ית שֶׁ֔מֶשׁ ה֚וּא עָ֣שָׂה לָ֔נוּ אֶת־הָרָעָ֥ה הַגְּדֹולָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את וְאִם־לֹ֗א וְיָדַ֨עְנוּ֙ כִּ֣י לֹ֤א יָדֹו֙ נָ֣גְעָה בָּ֔נוּ מִקְרֶ֥ה ה֖וּא הָ֥יָה לָֽנוּ׃ (1 Samuel 6:9) And you shall see: If it goes up by the way of its own border to Beit Shemesh, then He has done this great evil to us; but if not, then we shall know that His hand has not struck us—it was an accident that happened to us. In this verse from 1 Samuel 6, the Philistines—plagued by the Ark of the Covenant—prepare to return it to Israelite territory.… Learn Hebrew