1 Samuel 6:19
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And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, 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.But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
In other translations
And he smote the men of Beth–shemesh, 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.But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck them with a great slaughter.
Hebrew words
וַיַּךְvaiyakhand he struck downH5221בְּאַנְשֵׁיbe'ansheiamong [the] people ofH582בֵית־veit-BethH1053שֶׁמֶשׁshemeshShemeshH1053כִּיkiforH3588רָאוּra'uthey had lookedH7200בַּאֲרוֹןba'aronin [the] ark ofH727יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068וַיַּךְvaiyakhand he struck downH5221בָּעָםba'amamong the peopleH5971שִׁבְעִיםshiv'imseventyH7657אִישׁ'ishmanH376חֲמִשִּׁיםchamishimfiftyH2572אֶלֶף'elefthousandH505אִישׁ'ishmanH376וַיִּתְאַבְּלוּvaiyit'abeluand they mournedH56הָעָםha'amthe peopleH5971כִּי־ki-forH3588הִכָּהhikahhe had struckH5221יְהוָהyahwehYahwehH3068בָּעָםba'am<in> the peopleH5971מַכָּהmakaha blowH4347גְדוֹלָהgedolahgreatH1419
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
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