1 Samuel 20:20-22

New International Reader's Version

²⁰ Wait by it. I’ll shoot three arrows to one side of the stone. I’ll pretend I’m practicing my shooting. ²¹ Then I’ll send a boy out there. I’ll tell him, ‘Go and find the arrows.’ Suppose I say to him, ‘The arrows are on this side of you. Bring them here.’ Then come. That will mean you are safe. You won’t be in any danger. And that’s just as sure as the Lord is alive. ²² But suppose I tell the boy, ‘The arrows are far beyond you.’ Then go. That will mean the Lord is sending you away.