1 Samuel 6:19
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.
Note A few late Hebrew manuscripts and Josephus; most Hebrew manuscripts 70 men and 50,000 men; LXX 70 men and 50,000 men of the people; Syriac and Arabic 70 men and 5,000 men; alternately, possibly 70 men and 50 oxen
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.
He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the Lord’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because the Lord had struck the people 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, and fifty thousand men; and the people mourned, because Jehovah had smitten the people with a great slaughter.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- he smote
- Exodus 19:21; Leviticus 10:1–3; Numbers 4:4, 5, 15, 20; Deuteronomy 29:29; 2 Samuel 6:7; 1 Chronicles 13:9, 10; Colossians 2:18; 1 Peter 4:17