1 Samuel 6:19

But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men. The people mourned because the LORD had struck them so hard.

1 Samuel 6:19, Readable English Bible (READ)

Note: Most Hebrew manuscripts say 50,070 men.

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