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From the Blue Letter Bible
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
1Sa 6:19 — 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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he smote
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Exd 19:21; Lev 10:1-3; Num 4:4,5,15,20; Deu 29:29; 2Sa 6:7; 1Ch 13:9,10; Col 2:18; 1Pe 4:17 |
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fifty thousand
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"As it is very improbable that the village of Beth-shemesh should contain, or be capable of employing, 50,070 men in the fields at wheat harvest, much less that they could all peep into the ark, and from the uncommon manner in which it is expressed in the original, it is generally allowed that there is some corruption in the text, or that some explanatory word is omitted. The Hebrew is shivim ish, chamishim aileph ish, literally, ""seventy men, fifty thousand men:"" so LXX. [ .] Vulgate, septuaginta viros, et quinquaginta millia plebis, ""70 (chief) men, and 50,000 common people."" Targum, besabey âmma, ""of the elders of the people 70 men, ovekahala, and in the congregation 50,000 men."" But the Syriac, chamsho alphin weshivin gavrin, ""5,000 and 70 men;"" with which the Arabic agrees; while Josephus has only [ ] seventy men; and three reputable MSS. of Dr. Kennicott's also omit ""50,000 men."" Some learned men, however, would render, by supplying [Mêm] mem, ""70 men; fifty out of a thousand;"" which supposes about 1,400" |
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Exd 19:21 |
And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish. |
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Lev 10:1 |
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not. |
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Lev 10:2 |
And there went out fire from the LORD, and devoured them, and they died before the LORD. |
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Lev 10:3 |
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This [is it] that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace. |
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Num 4:4 |
This [shall be] the service of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation, [about] the most holy things: |
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Num 4:5 |
And when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: |
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Num 4:15 |
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear [it]: but they shall not touch [any] holy thing, lest they die. These [things are] the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation. |
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Num 4:20 |
But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die. |
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Deu 29:29 |
The secret [things belong] unto the LORD our God: but those [things which are] revealed [belong] unto us and to our children for ever, that [we] may do all the words of this law. |
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2Sa 6:7 |
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for [his] error; and there he died by the ark of God. |
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1Ch 13:9 |
And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. |
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1Ch 13:10 |
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. |
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Col 2:18 |
Let no man beguile you of your reward in a voluntary humility and worshipping of angels, intruding into those things which he hath not seen, vainly puffed up by his fleshly mind, |
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1Pe 4:17 |
For the time [is come] that judgment must begin at the house of God: and if [it] first [begin] at us, what shall the end [be] of them that obey not the gospel of God? |
Cite This Page: (explanation of citations)
Scott, Thomas. "1 Samuel 6:19," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
<http://www.blueletterbible.org/tsk_b/1Sa/6/19.html>.
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