Dangerous Prying into Secret Things
Eliza Cook. 1 Samuel 6:19-20 And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD… He that pryeth into every cloud may be stricken with a thunderbolt. (Eliza Cook.) Parallel Verses KJV: 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. WEB: 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.