1 Samuel 6:10

God's Word

The people did this. They took two dairy cows, hitched them to a cart, and shut the calves in the stall.

Cross References

Genesis 33:13

Jacob said to him, “Sir, you know that the children are frail and that I have to take care of the flocks and cattle that are nursing their young. If they’re driven too hard for even one day, all the flocks will die.

1 Kings 18:44

After the seventh time the servant said, “A little cloud like a man’s hand is coming from the sea.” Elijah said, “Go and tell Ahab, ‘Prepare ⌞your chariot⌟, and leave before the rain delays you.’ ”

1 Samuel 6:11

They put the ark of the Lord and the box containing the gold mice and the models of their hemorrhoids on the cart.

1 Samuel 6:9

but then watch where it goes. If it goes up the road to its own country toward Beth Shemesh, then this disaster is the Lord’s doing. But if not, we’ll know it wasn’t his hand that struck us, but what happened to us was an accident.”