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1 Samuel 6:20

And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who shall be able to pass before this holy Lord God? and to whom shall the ark of the Lord go up from us?

Updated Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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?

In Context

19And the sons of Jechonias were not pleased with the men of Beth-shemesh, because they saw the ark of the Lord; and the Lord smote among them seventy men, and fifty thousand men: and the people mourned, because the Lord had inflicted on the people a very great plague.

21And they send messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of the Lord, go down and take it home to yourselves.

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Cross References

Leviticus 11:45For I am the Lord who brought you up out of the land of Egypt to be your God; and ye shall be holy, for I the Lord am holy.

1 Samuel 5:7And the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, and they said, The ark of the God of Israel shall not abide with us, for his hand is heavy upon us and upon Dagon our god.

2 Samuel 6:7And the Lord was very angry with Uzzah; and God smote him there: and he died there by the ark of the Lord before God.

1 Chronicles 13:11And David was dispirited, because the Lord had made a breach on Uzzah: and he called that place the Breach of Uzzah until this day.

Malachi 3:2And who will abide the day of his coming? or who will withstand at his appearing? for he is coming in as the fire of a furnace and as the herb of fullers.

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 →

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