And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, 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
पण हा कोश दृष्टीस पडला तेव्हा तेथे याजक नव्हते. तेव्हा बेथशेमेश मधली सत्तर माणसे परमेश्वराने मारली. परमेश्वराने अशी कठोर शिक्षा करावी याबद्दल बेथशेमेशच्या लोकांनी आक्रोश केला.