6:18 6:18

1 Samuel 6:19

6:20 6:20

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¶ And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten [many] of the people with a great slaughter.
And he smote {H5221} the men {H376} of Bethshemesh {H1053}, because they had looked {H7200} into the ark {H727} of the LORD {H3068}, even he smote {H5221} of the people {H5971} fifty {H2572} thousand {H505} and threescore and ten {H7657} men {H582}: and the people {H5971} lamented {H56}, because the LORD {H3068} had smitten {H5221} many of the people {H5971} with a great {H1419} slaughter {H4347}.
for [ADONAI] struck the people of Beit-Shemesh for looking at the ark of ADONAI. He killed 50,070 of the people; the people mourned because ADONAI had struck them with such a terrible slaughter.
But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
And he smote of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Jehovah, he smote of the people seventy men, andfifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
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