The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
1 Samuel 6:19 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) He struck of the men of Beit-Shemesh, because they had looked into the teivah of the LORD, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the Lord slew some of the men of Beth-shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the Lord; He slew seventy men of them, and the people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among them. American Standard Version (1901) 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, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter. Common English Bible But God struck down some of the people from Beth-shemesh because they looked into the LORD’s chest. God struck seventy people, and the community grieved because the LORD had struck them so severely. Catholic Public Domain Version Then he struck down some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had seen the ark of the Lord. And he struck down some of the people: seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version But he slew of the men of Bethsames, because they had seen the ark of the Lord; and he slew of the people seventy men, and fifty thousand of the common people. And the people lamented, because the Lord had smitten the people with a great slaughter. |
The anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
So Yo'ash king of Yisra'el went up; and he and Amatzyah king of Yehudah looked one another in the face at Beit-Shemesh, which belongs to Yehudah.
The LORD said to Moshe, *Go down, charge the people, lest they break through to the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.
When the people heard this evil news, they mourned: and no one put on his jewelry.
When the tabernacle is to move, the Levites shall take it down; and when the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall set it up. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.
*When Aharon and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kehat shall come to carry it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kehat in the Tent of Meeting.
*Don't cut off the tribe of the families of the Kehati from among the Levites;
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.*
The secret things belong to the LORD our God; but the things that are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law.
Let no one rob you of your prize by a voluntary humility and worshipping of the angels, dwelling in the things which he has not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind,
For the time has come for judgment to begin with the household of God. If it begins first with us, what will happen to those who don't obey the Good News of God?