1 Samuel 20:18-23

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

¹⁸ Then Jonathan said to him, ‘Tomorrow is the New Moon;^(A) you’ll be missed because your seat will be empty. ¹⁹ The following day hurry down and go to the place where you hid on the day this incident began and stay beside the rock Ezel. ²⁰ I will shoot three arrows beside it as if I’m aiming at a target. ²¹ Then I will send a servant and say, “Go and find the arrows! ” Now, if I expressly say to the servant, “Look, the arrows are on this side of you – get them,” then come, because as the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no problem. ²² But if I say this to the youth, “Look, the arrows are beyond you! ”^(B) then go, for the Lord is sending you away. ²³ As for the matter you and I have spoken about,^(C) the Lord will be a witness^[a] between you and me for ever.’^(D)