1 Samuel 6:19

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

But the LORD struck down some of the people of Beth Shemesh because they had looked into the ark of the LORD; he struck down 50,070 of the men. The people grieved because the LORD had struck the people with a hard blow.

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  • Exod 19:21 : 21 The LORD said to Moses,“Go down and solemnly warn the people, lest they force their way through to the LORD to look, and many of them perish.
  • Num 4:15 : 15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.
  • Num 4:20 : 20 But the Kohathites are not to go in to watch while the holy things are being covered, or they will die.”
  • 2 Sam 6:7 : 7 The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.
  • 1 Chr 13:9-9 : 9 When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10 The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.
  • Col 2:18 : 18 Let no one who delights in false humility and the worship of angels pass judgment on you. That person goes on at great lengths about what he has supposedly seen, but he is puffed up with empty notions by his fleshly mind.
  • 1 Pet 4:17 : 17 For it is time for judgment to begin, starting with the house of God. And if it starts with us, what will be the fate of those who are disobedient to the gospel of God?
  • Deut 29:29 : 29 Secret things belong to the LORD our God, but those that are revealed belong to us and our descendants forever, so that we might obey all the words of this law.
  • Lev 10:1-3 : 1 Nadab and Abihu Then Aaron’s sons, Nadab and Abihu, each took his fire pan and put fire in it, set incense on it, and presented strange fire before the LORD, which he had not commanded them to do. 2 So fire went out from the presence of the LORD and consumed them so that they died before the LORD. 3 Moses then said to Aaron,“This is what the LORD spoke:‘Among the ones close to me I will show myself holy, and in the presence of all the people I will be honored.’” So Aaron kept silent.
  • Num 4:4-5 : 4 This is the service of the Kohathites in the tent of meeting, relating to the most holy things. 5 When it is time for the camp to journey, Aaron and his sons must come and take down the screening curtain and cover the ark of the testimony with it.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Sam 6:20-21
    2 verses
    79%

    20The residents of Beth Shemesh asked,“Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom will the ark go up from here?”

    21So they sent messengers to the residents of Kiriath Jearim, saying,“The Philistines have returned the ark of the LORD. Come down here and take it back home with you.”

  • 1 Sam 6:8-16
    9 verses
    77%

    8Then take the ark of the LORD and place it on the cart, and put in a chest beside it the gold objects you are sending to him as a guilt offering. You should then send it on its way.

    9But keep an eye on it. If it should go up by the way of its own border to Beth Shemesh, then he has brought this great calamity on us. But if that is not the case, then we will know that it was not his hand that struck us; rather, it just happened to us by accident.”

    10So the men did as instructed. They took two cows that had calves and harnessed them to a cart; they also removed their calves to their stalls.

    11They put the ark of the LORD on the cart, along with the chest, the gold mice, and the images of the sores.

    12Then the cows went directly on the road to Beth Shemesh. They went along that route, bellowing more and more; they turned neither to the right nor to the left. The leaders of the Philistines were walking along behind them all the way to the border of Beth Shemesh.

    13Now the residents of Beth Shemesh were harvesting wheat in the valley. When they looked up and saw the ark, they were pleased at the sight.

    14The cart was coming to the field of Joshua, who was from Beth Shemesh. It paused there near a big stone. Then they cut up the wood of the cart and offered the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD.

    15The Levites took down the ark of the LORD and the chest that was with it, which contained the gold objects. They placed them near the big stone. At that time the people of Beth Shemesh offered burnt offerings and made sacrifices to the LORD.

    16The five leaders of the Philistines watched what was happening and then returned to Ekron on the same day.

  • 1 Chr 21:14
    74%

    14So the LORD sent a plague through Israel, and 70,000 Israelite men died.

  • 1 Sam 5:6-12
    7 verses
    74%

    6The LORD attacked the residents of Ashdod severely, bringing devastation on them. He struck the people of both Ashdod and the surrounding area with sores.

    7When the people of Ashdod saw what was happening, they said,“The ark of the God of Israel should not remain with us, for he has attacked both us and our god Dagon!”

    8So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and asked,“What should we do with the ark of the God of Israel?” They replied,“The ark of the God of Israel should be moved to Gath.” So they moved the ark of the God of Israel.

    9But after it had been moved the LORD attacked that city as well, causing a great deal of panic. He struck all the people of that city with sores.

    10So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. But when the ark of God arrived at Ekron, the residents of Ekron cried out saying,“They have brought the ark of the God of Israel here to kill our people!”

    11So they assembled all the leaders of the Philistines and said,“Get the ark of the God of Israel out of here! Let it go back to its own place so that it won’t kill us and our people!” The terror of death was throughout the entire city; God was attacking them very severely there.

    12The people who did not die were struck with sores; the city’s cry for help went all the way up to heaven.

  • 1 Chr 13:9-10
    2 verses
    74%

    9When they arrived at the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to take hold of the ark, because the oxen stumbled.

    10The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him, because he reached out his hand and touched the ark. He died right there before God.

  • 1 Sam 4:10-11
    2 verses
    74%

    10So the Philistines fought. Israel was defeated; they all ran home. The slaughter was very great; thirty thousand foot soldiers from Israel fell in battle.

    11The ark of God was taken, and the two sons of Eli, Hophni and Phineas, were killed.

  • 2 Sam 24:15
    74%

    15So the LORD sent a plague through Israel from the morning until the completion of the appointed time. Seventy thousand men died from Dan to Beer Sheba.

  • 2 Sam 6:6-7
    2 verses
    73%

    6When they arrived at the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah reached out and grabbed hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled.

    7The LORD was so furious with Uzzah, he killed him on the spot for his negligence. He died right there beside the ark of God.

  • 2 Sam 18:7
    71%

    7The army of Israel was defeated there by David’s men. The slaughter there was great that day– 20,000 soldiers were killed.

  • 1 Sam 4:3
    71%

    3When the army came back to the camp, the elders of Israel said,“Why did the LORD let us be defeated today by the Philistines? Let’s take with us the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Shiloh. When it is with us, it will save us from the hand of our enemies.”

  • 1 Sam 6:18
    71%

    18The gold mice corresponded in number to all the Philistine cities of the five leaders, from the fortified cities to hamlet villages, to greater Abel, where they positioned the ark of the LORD until this very day in the field of Joshua who was from Beth Shemesh.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    71%

    13Those who carried the ark of the LORD took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

  • Judg 20:39
    71%

    39the Israelites counterattacked. Benjamin had begun to strike down the Israelites; they struck down about thirty men. They said,“There’s no doubt about it! They are totally defeated as in the earlier battle.”

  • 1 Sam 6:1-4
    4 verses
    70%

    1The Philistines Return the Ark When the ark of the LORD had been in the land of the Philistines for seven months,

    2the Philistines called the priests and the omen readers, saying,“What should we do with the ark of the LORD? Advise us as to how we should send it back to its place.”

    3They replied,“If you are going to send the ark of the God of Israel back, don’t send it away empty. Be sure to return it with a guilt offering. Then you will be healed, and you will understand why his hand is not removed from you.”

    4They inquired,“What is the guilt offering that we should send to him?” They replied,“The Philistine leaders number five. So send five gold sores and five gold mice, for it is the same plague that has afflicted both you and your leaders.

  • 1 Sam 4:17-18
    2 verses
    70%

    17The messenger replied,“Israel has fled from the Philistines! The army has suffered a great defeat! Your two sons, Hophni and Phineas, are dead! The ark of God has been captured!”

    18When he mentioned the ark of God, Eli fell backward from his chair beside the gate. He broke his neck and died, for he was old and heavy. He had judged Israel for forty years.

  • 1 Chr 21:7
    70%

    7God was also offended by it, so he attacked Israel.

  • 1 Sam 22:19
    69%

    19As for Nob, the city of the priests, he struck down with the sword men and women, children and infants, oxen, donkeys, and sheep– all with the sword.

  • Judg 20:31
    69%

    31The Benjaminites attacked the army, leaving the city unguarded. They began to strike down their enemy just as they had done before. On the main roads(one leads to Bethel, the other to Gibeah) and in the field, they struck down about thirty Israelites.

  • Josh 10:11
    69%

    11As they fled from Israel on the slope leading down from Beth Horon, the LORD threw down on them large hailstones from the sky, all the way to Azekah. They died– in fact, more died from the hailstones than the Israelites killed with the sword.

  • Num 25:9
    69%

    9Those that died in the plague were 24,000.

  • Judg 20:35
    69%

    35The LORD annihilated Benjamin before Israel; the Israelites struck down that day 25,100 sword-wielding Benjaminites.

  • Num 11:33
    68%

    33But while the meat was still between their teeth, before they chewed it, the anger of the LORD burned against the people, and the LORD struck the people with a very great plague.

  • Ps 78:31
    68%

    31when the anger of God flared up against them. He killed some of the strongest of them; he brought the young men of Israel to their knees.

  • 2 Sam 24:10
    68%

    10David felt guilty after he had numbered the army. David said to the LORD,“I have sinned greatly by doing this! Now, O LORD, please remove the guilt of your servant, for I have acted very foolishly.”

  • Josh 7:5
    68%

    5The men of Ai killed about thirty-six of them and chased them from in front of the city gate all the way to the fissures and defeated them on the steep slope. The people’s courage melted away like water.

  • 2 Sam 6:9
    68%

    9David was afraid of the LORD that day and said,“How will the ark of the LORD ever come to me?”

  • Judg 21:10
    68%

    10So the assembly sent 12,000 capable warriors against Jabesh Gilead. They commanded them,“Go and kill with your swords the inhabitants of Jabesh Gilead, including the women and little children.