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He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the LORD’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.

1 Samuel 6:19 · WEB

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ગુજરાતી1 શમુએલ ૬:૧૯
ઈશ્વરે બેથ-શેમેશના માણસો પર હુમલો કર્યો, કેમ કે તેઓએ ઈશ્વરના કોશમાં જોયું, તેમણે પચાસ હજાર અને સિત્તેર માણસોને મારી નાખ્યા. લોકોએ વિલાપ કર્યો, કેમ કે ઈશ્વરે તેમને મારીને મોટો સંહાર કર્યો હતો.
हिन्दी1 शमूएल ६:१९
फिर इस कारण से कि बेतशेमेश के लोगों ने यहोवा के सन्दूक के भीतर झाँका था उसने उनमें से सत्तर मनुष्य, और फिर पचास हजार मनुष्य मार डाले; और वहाँ के लोगों ने इसलिए विलाप किया कि यहोवा ने लोगों का बड़ा ही संहार किया था।

In context

17These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass offering to the LORD: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;

18and the golden mice, according to the number of all the cities of the Philistines belonging to the five lords, both of fortified cities and of country villages, even to the great stone on which they set down the LORD’s ark. That stone remains to this day in the field of Joshua of Beth Shemesh.

19He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the LORD’s ark, he struck fifty thousand seventy of the men. Then the people mourned, because the LORD had struck the people with a great slaughter.

20The men of Beth Shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the LORD, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?”

21They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, “The Philistines have brought back the LORD’s ark. Come down and bring it up to yourselves.”

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