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1 Samuel 6:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Samuel 6:19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
The Ark at Kiriath-jearim
19 The descendants of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the people of Beth-shemesh when they greeted[a] the ark of the Lord, and he killed seventy men of them.[b] The people mourned because the Lord had made a great slaughter among the people.(A)
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1 Samuel 6:19
New International Version
1 Samuel 6:19
New International Version
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.
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- 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070
1 Samuel 6:19
King James Version
1 Samuel 6:19
King James Version
19 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, 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.
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