⁵ “Do not come closer,” He said. “Remove the sandals from your feet, for the place where you are standing is holy ground.”^(A)

¹⁹ God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.^[a](A) He struck down 70 men out of 50,000 men.^[b] The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.