1 Samuel 20:20-22

Evangelical Heritage Version

²⁰ I will shoot three arrows off to the side of it, as if I were shooting at a target. ²¹ I will send the boy out and say, ‘Go and find the arrows!’ If I yell to the boy, ‘Hey! The arrows are closer this way. Come and pick them up,’ then you can come to me, because you are safe and, as the Lord lives, there is no danger. ²² But if I yell to the boy, ‘Hey! The arrows are farther out,’ then go on your way, for the Lord has sent you away.