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 people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the ark of the Lord.^[a](A) He struck down seventy persons.^[b] The people mourned because the Lord struck them with a great slaughter.