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    1. Learning the Egyptian lesson<\/span><\/i>. The priest-like wizards compare the plagues the Philistines experienced to the plagues of Egypt. But since they don\u2019t want to end up like Pharaoh, they urge: \u201cDon\u2019t harden your hearts as the Egyptians and Pharaoh hardened their hearts. As you know, when He made a mockery of them, they had to let Israel go, and they departed\u201d (verse 6).<\/span><\/li>\n
    2. Natural or miraculous?<\/span><\/i> As a sign to distinguish between the divine will and mere chance, the Philistines choose the cow\u2019s natural emotions: the motherly instinct of nursing cows whose calves are back home, and the spirit of freedom (cows who have never been yoked). Their behavior is clearly the opposite of these two powerful instincts – thus clearly demonstrating a supernatural intervention.<\/span><\/li>\n
    3. Between mourning and rejoicing<\/span><\/i>. How different was the mood in verse 13: \u201cThe people of Beth-shemesh were reaping their wheat harvest in the valley. They looked up and saw the Ark, and they rejoiced when they saw [it]\u201d from that of verse 19 \u201cThe people mourned, for He had inflicted a great slaughter upon the population.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\n
    4. What after all is the sin of the poor people of Beit Shemesh?<\/span><\/i> The commentators are not of one mind. It\u2019s a tough story.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

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