And see if it goeth up by his own coast Without any guide; to Beth-shemesh A city in the tribe of Judah, in the confines of both countries. Then he hath done this great evil Hath inflicted this sore calamity upon us. This they might well conclude, if such heifers should, contrary to their custom and natural instinct, go into a strange path, and regularly and constantly proceed in it, without being guided by any one.
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1 Samuel 6:9
9 And see, if it goeth up by the way of his own coast to Bethshemesh, 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.