1Sa 6:7 | TNotes | STEP | 6:7 shut their calves away: If the cows went against their maternal nature and left their calves to take the Ark to Israel, it would prove that the plague was from Israel’s God (6:9 ).

‏ 1 Samuel 6:7

6:7 ^a shut their calves away: If the cows went against their maternal nature and left their calves to take the Ark to Israel, it would prove that the plague was from Israel’s God (6:9 ^b).