10. The Philistines followed their advice. They hitched up the two cows to the cart, but they kept their calves in a barn.
11. Then they put the chest on the cart, along with the bag that had the gold rats and sores in it.
12. The cows went straight up the road towards Beth-Shemesh, mooing as they went. The Philistine rulers followed them until they got close to Beth-Shemesh.
13. The people of Beth-Shemesh were harvesting their wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the chest, they were so happy that they stopped working and started celebrating.