1 Samuel 6:20
And the men of Bethsames said: Who shall be able to stand before the Lord this holy God? and to whom shall he go up from us?
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Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, that I might be your God.
1 Samuel 5:7And the men of Azotus seeing this kind of plague, said: The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us: for his hand is heavy upon us, and upon Dagon our god.
2 Samuel 6:7And the indignation of the Lord was enkindled against Oza, and he struck him for his rashness: and he died there before the ark of God.
1 Chronicles 13:11And David was troubled because the Lord had divided Oza: and he called that place the Breach of Oza to this day.
Malachi 3:2And who shall be able to think of the day of his coming? and who shall stand to see him? for he is like a refining fire, and like the fuller's herb:
Luke 8:37And all the multitude of the country of the Gerasens besought him to depart from them; for they were taken with great fear. And he, going up into the ship, returned back again.
Matthew Henry on 1 Samuel 6:20-21
The Ark at Beth-shemesh. ( b. c. 1119.) 19 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. 20 And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall he go up from us? 21 And they sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kirjath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have… Read the whole commentary →