Verse 8
And take the ark of the Lord, and lay it upon the cart ,.... Which was dispensed with in these uncircumcised Philistines, there being no other to do this service:
and put the jewels of gold ; or rather "vessels of gold" F16 כלי הזהב "vasa aurea", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, &c.; ; the five golden emerods, and the five golden mice:
which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof ; in a basket, as the Syriac version: in a scrip, as the Arabic; in a purse, or bag, as Josephus F17 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2. ; which latter is probable enough:
and send it away, that it may go ; that is, set it a going, without any driver or guide; but leave it to take its course of itself to the land of Israel. Josephus F18 Antiqu. l. 6. c. 1. sect. 2. says it was set in a place where three ways met, that it might take which it might; and the taking of the right way must be a strong evidence of its being under the direction of God.
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