Verse 19
1 Samuel 6:19
Bible in Basic English
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But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יַּ֞ךְ בְּ/אַנְשֵׁ֣י בֵֽית שֶׁ֗מֶשׁ כִּ֤י רָאוּ֙ בַּ/אֲר֣וֹן יְהוָ֔ה וַ/יַּ֤ךְ בָּ/עָם֙ שִׁבְעִ֣ים אִ֔ישׁ חֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אֶ֖לֶף אִ֑ישׁ וַ/יִּֽתְאַבְּל֣וּ הָ/עָ֔ם כִּֽי הִכָּ֧ה יְהוָ֛ה בָּ/עָ֖ם מַכָּ֥ה גְדוֹלָֽה
English Translation
And He struck down the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the Lord, and He struck down of the people seventy men, five thousand men, and the people mourned because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.
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Chapter 6 Context
1
Now the ark of the Lord was in the country of the Philistines for seven months.
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And the Philistines sent for the priests and those who were wise in secret arts, and said to them, W...
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And they said, If you send away the ark of the God (Elohim) of Israel, do not send it without an off...
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Then they said, What sin-offering are we to send to him? And they said, Five gold images of the grow...
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So make images of the growths caused by your disease and of the mice which are damaging your land; a...
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Why do you make your hearts hard, like the hearts of Pharaoh and the Egyptians? When he had made spo...
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So now, take and make ready a new cart, and two cows which have never come under the yoke, and have...
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And put the ark of the Lord on the cart, and the gold images which you are sending as a sin-offering...
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If it goes by the land of Israel to Beth-shemesh, then this great evil is his work; but if not, then...
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And the men did so; they took two cows, yoking them to the cart and shutting up their young ones in...
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And they put the ark of the Lord on the cart and the chest with the gold images.
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And the cows took the straight way, by the road to Beth-shemesh; they went by the highway, not turni...
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And the people of Beth-shemesh were cutting their grain in the valley, and lifting up their eyes the...
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And the cart came into the field of Joshua the Beth-shemite, and came to a stop there by a great sto...
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Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put...
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16
And the five lords of the Philistines, having seen it, went back to Ekron the same day.
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Now these are the gold images which the Philistines sent as a sin-offering to the Lord; one for Ashd...
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18
And the gold mice, one for every town of the Philistines, the property of the five lords, walled tow...
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19
But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark...
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And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God (Eloh...
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And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the...
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