1 Samuel 6:10

And the men did so ,.... Made a new cart, not the lords of the Philistines, but workmen by their orders:

and took two milch kine, and tied them to the cart ; with the gear that horses, asses, or oxen, were usually fastened to a carriage they drew:

and shut up their calves at home ; or, "in the house" F19 בבית "in domo", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.; ; the cow house or stable where they used to be put; this they did to restrain them from following the cows, which would disturb them in drawing the cart.