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1 Samuel 6:18-20
Lexham English Bible
1 Samuel 6:18-20
Lexham English Bible
18 And the gold mice according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines, for their five rulers, from the fortified city to the unwalled village of the open country as far as the great stone, where they set[a] the ark of Yahweh until this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh. 19 He[b] struck seventy men[c] among the men of Beth Shemesh because they looked into the ark of Yahweh. So the people mourned because Yahweh had struck a great blow among the people. 20 Then the men of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? And to whom shall it[d] go up from us?”
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- 1 Samuel 6:18 Literally “which they set down on it”
- 1 Samuel 6:19 That is, Yahweh
- 1 Samuel 6:19 Though the MT has “seventy men, fifty thousand men” (= 50,070), it is likely the original was “seventy men”
- 1 Samuel 6:20 That is, the ark of the covenant (alternatively read as “he,” referring to Yahweh)
1 Samuel 6:18-20
New International Version
1 Samuel 6:18-20
New International Version
18 And the number of the gold rats was according to the number of Philistine towns belonging to the five rulers—the fortified towns with their country villages. The large rock on which the Levites set the ark of the Lord is a witness to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.
19 But God struck down(A) some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy[a] of them to death because they looked(B) into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them. 20 And the people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand(C) in the presence of the Lord, this holy(D) God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”
Footnotes
- 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
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