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In one of the final scenes of \u201cRaiders of the Lost Ark,\u201d the Ark unleashes grotesque ghost-like figures that cause death to all about them. Was this just artistic license or could it have a basis in Scripture?<\/span><\/p>\n

In this brief chapter, we learn about the Ark\u2019s impact on the Philistines who kept it after its capture. First, it struck down the statue of Dagon in Ashdod (the same god whose temple in Gaza was brought down by Samson, cf. Judges 16) but the Philistines paid it no mind (3). Then it knocked it down again, this time causing its head and hands to fall off while the general population was smitten with hemorrhoids (3-4). It was then moved to Gat whose population was likewise stricken with hemorrhoids (10), so it was moved to Ekron where yet another outbreak of hemorrhoids occurred (12). The only resolution the Philistines offered was to return the Ark whence it came (11) lest it cause a pandemic. In their own words: \u201cLet it go back to its own place, that it slay us not, and our people\u201d (11).<\/span><\/p>\n

Two things about the divine manner of the Philistines\u2019 chastisement are noteworthy. First of all, God delivered a warning before actually unleashing the grievous plague. It was the obtuseness of the Philistines, who attributed no significance to the initial fall of the Dagon statue, which necessitated a second round of punishment. Secondly, God struck both Dagon and its worshippers just as He had earlier struck both the gods of Egypt and their worshippers (Exodus 12:12), in order to demonstrate the futility of their idolatry.<\/span><\/p>\n

Whether Raiders\u201d director Steven Spielberg or its writer Lawrence Kasdan took any note of our chapter cannot be determined, but his insinuation that tampering with the Ark unleashed malign forces is consistent with our reading.<\/span><\/p>\n

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