²² Also let the ^(A)priests who come near the Lord ^(B)consecrate themselves, lest the Lord ^(C)break out against them.”

⁶ But the ^(A)hand of the Lord was heavy on the people of Ashdod, and He ^(B)ravaged them and struck them with ^(C)tumors,^[a] both Ashdod and its ^(D)territory.

¹⁹ Then ^(A)He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. ^[a]He ^(B)struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

³⁸ Then it happened, after about ten days, that the Lord ^(A)struck Nabal, and he died.