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1 Samuel 6:21
“They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down, and bring it up to yourselves.”
Verse in context — 1 Samuel 6
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He struck of the men of Beth Shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of Yahweh, he struck of the people fifty thousand seventy men; and the people mourned, because Yahweh had struck the people with a great slaughter.
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The men of Beth Shemesh said, "Who is able to stand before Yahweh, this holy God? To whom shall he go up from us?
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They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, "The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come down, and bring it up to yourselves.
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