1 Samuel 6:1-3

Revised Geneva Translation

6 So the Ark of the LORD was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.

² And the Philistines called the priests and the soothsayers, saying, “What shall we do with the Ark of the LORD? Tell us how we should send it home again?”

³ And they said, “If you send away the Ark of the God of Israel, do not send it away empty, but give it a Sin Offering. Then you shall be healed, and it shall be revealed to you why His Hand has not departed from you.”