³ So they said, “If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, ^(A)do not send it empty; but you shall surely ^(B)return to Him a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and it will be known to you why His hand is not turned away from you.”

⁷ So now, take and ^(A)make a new cart and two milch cows on which there ^(B)has never been a yoke; and hitch the cows to the cart and take their calves home, away from them.