1 Samuel 6:10
8 And take the ark of the LORD, and lay it upon the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which ye return him for a trespass offering, in a coffer by the side thereof; and send it away, that it may go.
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Beth-shemesh, then he hath done us this great evil: but if not, then we shall know that it is not his hand that smote us; it was a chance that happened to us.
And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
11 And they laid the ark of the LORD upon the cart, and the coffer with the mice of gold and the images of their emerods.
12 And the kine took the straight way to the way of Beth-shemesh, and went along the highway, lowing as they went, and turned not aside to the right hand or to the left; and the lords of the Philistines went after them unto the border of Beth-shemesh.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- So the men did as instructed. They took two milk cows, hitched them to the cart, and penned up their calves.
- KJV
- And the men did so; and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home:
- WEB
- The men did so, and took two milk cows and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
- ASV
- And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home;
- DARBY
- And the men did so, and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart, and shut up their calves at home.
- BLB
- And the men did so, and they took two suckling cows and bound them to the cart, and they shut up their calves in the house.
- ÅB
- Og mennene gjorde slik: De tok to nybære kyr og spente dem for vognen, men kalvene holdt de tilbake hjemme.
- OTB
- Så gjorde de som instruert. De tok to kyr og spente dem for vognen, og de holdt kalvene deres hjemme.
- B1930
- Og mennene gjorde således: De tok to nybære kyr og spente dem for vognen, men kalvene holdt de tilbake hjemme.