1Sa 6:19 | HCSB | STEP | God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord . He struck down 70 men out of 50, 000 men . The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter .

1 Samuel 6:19

19 God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord. ^{▼▼LXX reads But the sons of Jeconiah did not rejoice with the men of Beth-shemesh when they saw the ark of the Lord.
,} ^b He struck down 70 men out of 50,000 men. ^{▼▼Some Hb mss, Josephus read 70 men; other Hb mss read 50,070 men} The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.