1 Samuel 6:9 meaning and explanation
but keep watching it. If it goes up the road to its homeland, toward Beth-shemesh, it is the LORD who has brought on us this great disaster. But if it does not, then we will know that it was not His hand that punished us and that it happened by chance.”
1 Samuel 6:9, Berean Standard Bible
Explanation preview
The Philistine priests and diviners are speaking to the Philistine rulers, proposing a test to determine whether the plagues of tumors and rats came from Israel's God or by chance. They arrange two milk cows that have never been yoked, take away their calves, and set the ark on a cart.
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