1 Samuel 6:20
The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”
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Leviticus 11:45For I am the LORD who brought you up out of the land of Egypt, to be your God. You shall therefore be holy, for I am holy.
1 Samuel 5:7When the men of Ashdod saw that it was so, they said, “The ark of the God of Israel shall not stay with us, for his hand is severe on us and on Dagon our god.”
2 Samuel 6:7The LORD’s anger burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark.
1 Chronicles 13:11David was displeased, because the LORD had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
Malachi 3:2“But who can endure the day of his coming? And who will stand when he appears? For he is like a refiner’s fire, and like launderers’ soap;
Luke 8:37All the people of the surrounding country of the Gadarenes asked him to depart from them, for they were very much afraid. Then he entered into the boat and returned.
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 →