Thematic Bible: Directing all events

The cows went straight ahead to Bethshemesh. They went on the highway lowing as they went. They did not turn aside to the right or to the left. And the lords of the Philistines followed them to the border of Bethshemesh. Verse ConceptsNot Turning AsideDirectionNatural Disasters

In the morning assemble by tribe. The tribe Jehovah picks will come forward family by family and man by man. Verse ConceptsMorningAdministration

Now get a new cart ready for two dairy cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart. Take their calves away and leave them in their stall. Take the Ark of Jehovah and put it on the cart. Put the gold objects that you are giving him as a guilt offering in a box beside the Ark. Send the cart on its way. Then watch where it goes. If it goes up the road to its own country toward Beth Shemesh, then this disaster is Jehovah's doing. But if not, we will know it was not his hand that struck us, but what happened to us was an accident. read more.
The men did this. They took two milk cows and tied them to the cart. They placed their calves in pens at home.