18 Then Jonathan said to him, ^d“Tomorrow is the new moon, and ^eyou will be missed, because ^fyour seat will be empty. 19 On the third day go down quickly to the place where you hid yourself when the matter was in hand, and remain beside the stone heap.¹ 20 And I will shoot three arrows to the side of it, as though I shot at a mark. 21 And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, ^gas the Lord lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger. 22 But if I say to the youth, ^h‘Look, the arrows are beyond you,’ then go, for the Lord has sent you away. 23 ⁱAnd as for the matter of which you and I have spoken, behold, ^jthe Lord is between you and me forever.”