the five: 1 Samuel 6:4, 1 Samuel 6:12; Joshua 13:3; Judges 3:3, Judges 16:5, Judges 16:23-30
they returned: 1 Samuel 5:10
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1 Samuel 6:16
1 Samuel 6:16
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