The New John Gill Exposition of the Entire Bible 1 Samuel 6:7
Now therefore make a new cart…
For there were no Levites,
nor priests of the Lord to carry it upon their shoulders, as it was
wont to be when carried, and therefore they ordered a cart to be made;
and they might know the Levites were allowed wagons to carry some of
their sacred things on, (Numbers 7:1-8) and a new one for the honour of the
ark, as David afterwards did, (2 Samuel 6:3)
and take two milch kine, on which there hath come no yoke;
which also
might be designed for the honour of the ark; but there was a further
view in it, at least in the providence of God; since two such
creatures, who had young, would be apt, if left to themselves, as these
were, to return home to them, and not to proceed on a journey; and
being unaccustomed to a yoke, would draw one way, and another
another, in different ways; and not go on in a direct road, as such
that are used to the yoke do:
and tie the kine to the cart;
in order to draw it:
and bring their calves home from them;
that they might not cry after
them, which would cause them to turn back.
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