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Bethshemesh
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a city of the tribe of Judah, belonging to the priests, Joshua 21:16 . The Philistines having sent back the ark of the Lord, it was brought to Bethshemesh, 1 Samuel 6:12 , where some of the people out of curiosity having looked into it, the Lord destroyed seventy of the principal men belonging to the city, and fifty thousand of the common people, 1 Samuel 6:19 . It is here to be observed that it was solemnly enjoined, Numbers 4:20 , that not only the common people but that even the Levites themselves should not dare to look into the ark, upon pain of death. "It is a fearful thing," says Bishop Hall, "to use the holy ordinances of God with an irreverent boldness; fear and trembling become us in our access to the majesty of the Almighty."
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Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Bethshemesh'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/b/bethshemesh.html. 1831-2.
Watson, Richard. Entry for 'Bethshemesh'. Richard Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/wtd/b/bethshemesh.html. 1831-2.
