21 And the Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people, lest they break through (A)to gaze at the Lord, and many of them perish.

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21 and the Lord said to him, “Go down and warn the people so they do not force their way through to see(A) the Lord and many of them perish.(B)

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19 Then (A)He struck the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the Lord. [a]He (B)struck fifty thousand and seventy men of the people, and the people lamented because the Lord had struck the people with a great slaughter.

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  1. 1 Samuel 6:19 Or He struck seventy men of the people and fifty oxen of a man

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. 1 Samuel 6:19 A few Hebrew manuscripts; most Hebrew manuscripts and Septuagint 50,070