1st Samuel 6:19,
“And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, 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.”
Our text passage of Holy Scripture says that God killed 50,070 men of Bethshemesh, a small city 19 miles west of Jerusalem. All of the
Devil's modern Bible versions say it was only 70 men that died. Uh, okay,
this is definitely a contradiction! This is just another example of why you
ought not use the modern Alexandrian Bible versions dear friend. I am just
telling you the truth, because I CARE. The hallmark character trait of a
Spirit-filled believer is CARING!
I consulted Ellicott's Bible Commentary[1]
and he said that it was impossible for 50,070 men to die, because the town
was tiny and there weren't more than 70,000 people total in Israel. Folks,
he is wrong! God killed 70,000 Israelites when David numbered the people, to
teach David that the decisions he makes affects other people. 2nd Samuel
24:15, “So the LORD sent a pestilence upon Israel from the morning even to
the time appointed: and there died of the people from Dan even to Beersheba
seventy thousand men.” Throughout the Old Testament we read about
the killing of hundreds of thousands of Israelites because of sin. So it is
not unreasonable nor surprising that 50,070 men were slain by the Lord for
tampering with the inspired Word of God contained in the sacred Ark Of The Covenant.
I'm tired of intellectuals tampering with the
inspired Holy Bible. As far as I'm concerned, if the Bible says God killed
50,000,070 men, I would believe it! If the Bible said Jonah swallowed a
whale, I would believe it! Some liberal claimed that the Egyptian Army
couldn't possibly have drowned in the Red Sea, because at that particular
time of year the water was only 2 feet deep. Well then what do Ya know,
Pharaoh's Army drowned in just 2 feet of water! Amen! Praise God! God Word
is always right!! God said, that settles it!!! Our great, merciful and
living God is a miracle-working God!!!
Here again is our correct text passage from the
inspired King James Bible...
King James Bible (KJB)
“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.”
And now here are the Devil's modern counterfeit
Bible versions...
New International Version
(NIV)
“But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting
seventy of them to death because they looked
into the ark of the LORD. The people mourned because of the heavy blow
the LORD had dealt them.”
New
Living Translation (NLT)
“But the LORD killed seventy men from
Beth-shemesh because they looked into the Ark of the LORD. And the
people mourned greatly because of what the LORD had done.”
English Standard Version (ESV)
“And he struck some of the men of Beth-shemesh, because they looked upon
the ark of the LORD. He struck seventy men
of them, and the people mourned because the LORD had struck the people
with a great blow.”
Berean Study Bible (BSB)
“But God struck down some of the people of Beth-shemesh because they
looked inside the ark of the LORD. He struck down
seventy men, and the people mourned because the LORD had
struck them with a great slaughter.”
Easy-To-Read Version (ERV)
“But
no priests were there to lead the celebration when the men of Beth
Shemesh saw the Lord’s Holy Box. So the Lord killed 70 men from
Beth Shemesh. The people of Beth Shemesh cried loudly because of this
hard punishment.”
Christian Standard Bible (CSB)
“God struck down the people of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside
the ark of the LORD. He struck down seventy persons.
The people mourned because the LORD struck them with a great slaughter.”
Contemporary English Version (CEV)
“Some of the men of Beth-Shemesh looked inside the sacred chest, and the
LORD God killed 70 of them. This made the
people of Beth-Shemesh very sad,”
Good News Translation (GNT)
“The LORD killed seventy of the men of Beth
Shemesh because they looked inside the Covenant Box. And the people
mourned because the LORD had caused such a great slaughter among them.”
Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
“God struck down the men of Beth-shemesh because they looked inside the
ark of the LORD. He struck down 70 men out of 50,000
men. The people mourned because the LORD struck them with a
great slaughter.”
Obviously, as in thousands of other Scripture
passages, these conflicting Bible “versions” cannot all be accurate. That is
why I often say that the man with two watches never knows what time it is!
Likewise, how can a man know what God's Word is if he has multiple
conflicting Bible “versions.” And may I kindly but truthfully say, the King
James Bible is not a “version,” it is the inspired Word of God!!!
I tell you confidently that the inspired King James
Bible is eternally correct!...
Did God
slay "50,070" or "70" men in 1 Samuel 6:19?
"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." (1 Samuel 6:19, KJV)
Critics say the small town of Bethshemesh would not have had 50,070
inhabitants, so they side with the reading of "70" as found in a few
Hebrew manuscripts and the LXX. However, a careful study of the context
and the passage demonstrates that the Masoretic reading of 50,070 is
correct.
First, the context suggests the 50,070 figure is correct. The
description of "great slaughter" (מכה גדולה) is a clue of the magnitude
of the death count. This same phrase is used in the following passages
which also provide numerical figures to indicate the magnitude:
"And the Philistines fought, and Israel
was smitten, and they fled every man into his tent: and there was a
very great slaughter; for there fell of Israel thirty thousand
footmen." (1 Samuel 4:10)
"Where the people of Israel were slain
before the servants of David, and there was there a great slaughter
that day of twenty thousand men." (2 Samuel 18:7)
The phrase "great slaughter" appears to describe
a slaughter in the thousands or at least hundreds. We must wonder
whether 70 would be too low to be considered a "great slaughter" in the
context of biblical narratives where we frequently witness death counts
in the hundreds or thousands.
Second, 1 Samuel 6:19 does not say 50,070 of the people of Bethshemesh
died. It says 50,070 of "the people" died as the "LORD had smitten many
of the people" and "the people" lamented over this. This general
reference to "people" rather than to a particular town or nationality
suggests that not all of the 50,070 slain were inhabitants of
Bethshemesh. This portion of the narrative often describes individuals
by their nationalities: e.g. Philistines, Ekronites (1 Samuel 5:10),
Bethshemite (1 Samuel 6:18), children of Israel (1 Samuel 7:4). If the
author meant that 50,070 Bethshemites were killed, he could have said,
"even he smote of the Bethshemites fifty thousand and threescore and ten
men," but the author did not say that. In fact, the author is often very
specific when stating who are killed in these narratives, specifying the
nationality of the slain:
"And they smote the Philistines...." (1
Samuel 14:31)
"And he gathered an host, and smote the Amalekites...." (1 Samuel
14:48)
"And Saul smote the Amalekites...." (1 Samuel 15:7)
1 Samuel 6:19 says "the people" died.
There is no indication that these were all individuals from Bethshemesh.
Therefore, there is no problem with the figure in the Masoretic text.
SOURCE:
http://www.kjvtoday.com/home/did-god-slay-50070-or-70-men-in-1-samuel-619
Amen that's good stuff! Dear reader, you can trust
your inspired King James Bible!!!!!!!
Don't Mess With the Word of God
It is my personal belief that the only reason the
men opened the Ark, after it was returned to Israel, was simply to see if
anything had been removed by the Philistines. Little did they realize that
they were opening a Pandora's Box! Interestingly, in the popular movie
Indiana Jones, the German's out of curiosity open the Ark Of The Covenant
that they found, and they all died! They clearly took that idea for the
movie directly from the Holy Bible! ...
1st
Samuel 6:19-20, “And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, 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. And the
men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to stand before this holy LORD
God? and to whom shall he go up from us?”
I listened to the book of
1st Samuel yesterday, and I'm
listening to 2nd Samuel today.
The two sons of the prophet Eli (Hophni and Phinehas) were priests, who were
committing open sin in the temple. God was very displeased. Eli their father
did nothing to address the issue, which angered the Lord even further.
Consequently, God gave Eli's sons into the hands of the Philistines during a
battle, and the Ark of The Covenant was taken captive, and Eli at age 98
fell back and broke his neck when he heard that the Ark had been taken (1st
Samuel 4:15-18). Oh how sin thrills and then it kills! Oh how sin fascinates
and then it assassinates!
So don't tell me that God couldn't kill 50,070 men
for tampering with the sacred Ark Of The Covenant. In 2nd Samuel 6:1, God
killed a man (Uzzah) for merely touching the Ark of The Covenant (in which
was contained the Word of God), who was sincerely trying to steady it as it
wobbled, to keep it from falling over. 2nd Samuel 6:6-7, “And when they
came to Nachon's threshingfloor, Uzzah put forth his hand to the ark of God,
and took hold of it; for the oxen shook it. And the anger of the LORD was
kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he
died by the ark of God.” The lesson to be learned is so obvious—DON'T
MESS WITH GOD'S WORD!!!
God is fully capable of keeping His Word safe, don't
you think? Look, God doesn't need your help or mine to correct the Holy
Bible, or steady it, as countless fools are doing nowadays. The rotten 'Southern
Baptist Convention' (SBC) has published two unholy Alexandrian versions
in the past 16 years—the 'Holman Christian Standard Bible'
(HCSB - 2003) and the 'Christian
Standard Bible' (CSB - 2017). The despicable new CSB is gender-neutral.
For example: In the Epistle of Galatians, the word “man” appears 26 times in
the King James Bible, but has been reduced to only 6 times in the corrupt
CSB! That is as wicked as Hell!
The unisex, gender-neutral, and homosexual agendas
are all one and the same! God wants a man to be a man (rough, tough and
decisive), and a woman to be a woman (soft, sweet and meek), and God has
ordained that only MEN lead the marriage, home, church and society. It is no
mere coincidence that to the same degree that homosexuals are rising to
positions of power in politics, business and the courts, that the feminist
and unisex movements are flourishing! They are all REBELLION!!!
Granted, men are not to lead by coercion, but by
example, love and by being servants. Matthew 23:11, “But he that is
greatest among you shall be your servant.” A godly husband is a servant
to his wife, wanting to make her happy. My heart was warmed yesterday as I
heard Alexander Scourby read 1st Samuel 1:5b, “But unto Hannah he gave
a worthy portion; for he loved Hannah:” Hannah's husband Elkanah
gave her an extra portion because HE LOVED HER! When you love someone, you
want to give unto them, and provide for them, and be with them. Hannah would
later begat a son, the godly prophet Samuel.
The Precious Blood of Jesus Sprinkled
Upon the Mercy Seat in Heaven's Tabernacle
Here is a wonderful 37-page .PDF Bible study by
Pastor M.R. DeHaan (1891-1965) titled: “The
Tabernacle.” On page 23 we learn the contents of the Tabernacle (please
read the Bible study for the meaning of the contents):
C). The contents of the
ark (Ex. 25:16; Hebrews 9:4)
1). The 2 tables of stone (the law)
Exodus 20:1-17.
2). A golden pot of manna Ex. 16:11-33, Num 11:1-9
3). Aaron’s rod that budded. Num 16-17:13.
What was the Tabernacle? In the early days of
Israel, it was where God lived among the Hebrews in the Old Testament. The
Tabernacle was literally a big tent. The Tabernacle was divided into THREE
parts: the Outer Court, the Inner Court, and the Holy of Holies (as
illustrated in the drawing below). Only the Levite priests were permitted
into the Inner Court, and absolutely NO ONE but the high priest was allowed
into the Holy of Holiness (and NOT WITHOUT BLOOD, or God would have killed
him on the spot)! Things that are sacred are not to be taken lightly. The
blood of Jesus is sacred! The Word of God is sacred. Marriage is sacred!
Here is a helpful drawing illustrating the THREE divisions of the
Tabernacle...
The outer court of the tabernacle was 150 feet
long by 75 feet wide. A sheet of fine white linen - symbolizing the
righteousness of Christ - enclosed it. That which separates those inside
the church from those outside is not a different level of human
righteousness, but the fact that those inside are clothed with the
righteousness of Christ. The white linen also symbolizes the simplicity
that should characterize the church. Babylon the harlot, on the other
hand, is depicted in the book of Revelation as being grand and pompous
in many ways “ quite a contrast to the simplicity of the Bride of Christ
(cf. Rev.17:4 with 19:8). -SOURCE
The Tabernacle was the most sacred holy place in the
Holy Land. The presence of God dwelt above the Ark Of The Covenant between
the two Cherubims. Some preachers foolishly call this presence “The Shekinah
Glory,” but that is a lie of the Devil. No pastor should ever use that
unbiblical term! “She-kinah” in occultism refers to the female aspect of
God, which biblically doesn't exist. God is completely masculine in nature.
We are taught in the Bible about God “THE FATHER,” and God “THE SON,” and
the Holy Spirit is always referred to with the masculine pronoun “HE”. This
is another reason why I am against the modern
gender-bending Bible versions, which corrupt the Word of God, sinfully
removing the masculinity of the Holy Spirit...
King James Bible (KJB) - John
16:13, “Howbeit when
he, the Spirit of truth, is come, he will
guide you into all truth: for he shall not speak of himself; but
whatsoever he shall hear, that shall he speak: and he will shew you
things to come.”
New International Version
(NIV 2011) - John 16:13, “But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the
Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind
you of everything I have said to you.”
Isn't that terrible? I tell you, in a thousands
subtle ways these new Bible versions are deadly. Please heed my warning
friend, because I just want what's best for you in Christ.
Here is another helpful .PDF booklet by Evangelist
Sam R. Ensor called: “The
Tabernacle.”
As I mentioned, only the Levite priests were
permitted into the Inner Court, and absolutely NO ONE but the high priest
was allowed into the Holy of Holiness (and NOT WITHOUT BLOOD, or God would
have killed him on the spot). That lamb's blood symbolized the precious
blood of the Lamb of God, Who was crucified on Calvary's tree for your sins
and mine...
Hebrews 9:2-12, “For there was a tabernacle
made; the first, wherein was the candlestick, and the table, and the
shewbread; which is called the sanctuary. And after the second veil, the
tabernacle which is called the Holiest of all; Which had the golden
censer, and the ark of the covenant overlaid round about with gold,
wherein was the golden pot that had manna, and Aaron's rod that budded,
and the tables of the covenant; And over it the cherubims of glory
shadowing the mercyseat; of which we cannot now speak particularly. Now
when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the
first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God.
But into the second went the high priest alone once every year, not
without blood, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the
people: The Holy Ghost this signifying, that the way into the
holiest of all was not yet made manifest, while as the first tabernacle
was yet standing: Which was a figure for the time then present, in which
were offered both gifts and sacrifices, that could not make him that did
the service perfect, as pertaining to the conscience; Which stood only
in meats and drinks, and divers washings, and carnal ordinances, imposed
on them until the time of reformation. But Christ being come an high
priest of good things to come, by a greater and more perfect tabernacle,
not made with hands, that is to say, not of this building; Neither by
the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once
into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us.”
I love that passage of Scripture! I love that God
explains and simplifies His Word so that we can understand it. God would
have immediately taken the life of any high priest who entered into the Holy
Place WITHOUT BLOOD! Why? It is simply because man is woefully sinful and
cannot stand in the presence of a holy God. Therefore, we need a Mediator.
That precious Mediator is the Lord Jesus Christ! 1st Timothy 2:5-6, “For
there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus;
Who gave himself a ransom for all, to be testified in due time.” What a
beautiful Bible verse!!! 1st Peter 1:18-19, “Forasmuch as ye know that ye
were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your
vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers;
But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without
blemish and without spot:” The innocent slain lamb's blood
(which the Old Testament high priest sprinkled upon the mercy seat atop the
Ark of The Covenant), is the ONLY THING that prevented God from killing him!
What saith the Scripture? Hebrews 9:12, “Neither
by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he
entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal
redemption for us.” I love that Scripture! Jesus, BY HIS OWN BLOOD,
entered into Heaven's Tabernacle, going into the Holy Place to obtain
ETERNAL REDEMPTION FOR US!!! Praise God!!!!!!! Jesus presented Himself
before the Father in Heaven, in the Holy Place. Hebrews 9:24-26, “For
Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the
figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear
in the presence of God for us: Nor yet that he should offer
himself often, as the high priest entereth into the holy place every year
with blood of others; For then must he often have suffered since the
foundation of the world: but now once in the end of the world hath he
appeared to put away sin by the sacrifice of himself.” Boy, that's great
stuff!! JESUS PAID IT ALL!!!
In lieu of what I just said, I am astonished that
thousands of horrible pastors today promote
Dr. John
MacArthur, who denies what I just taught you from the Scriptures! Mr.
MacArthur says that Jesus' literal liquid blood stayed in the dirt at the
cross, and is NOT applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven today. I'm not
kidding. Here is what he heretically says:
“It is not the actual
liquid that cleanses us from our sins, but the work of redemption
Christ accomplished in pouring it out.”
—Dr. John MacArthur
Mr. MacArthur is wrong! In the popular John MacArthur Study Bible, in
his commentary for Hebrews 9:12-24, Pastor MacArthur states that “BY HIS OWN
BLOOD”
merely refers to Christ's death, and not Jesus' actual physical blood.
WHAT A LIAR!!! When the Bible says, “BY HIS OWN BLOOD,” it means exactly that!
If God meant death, then He would have said death, but He didn't! How did Jesus sprinkle His blood upon the heavenly Mercy Seat, if it is not
literal blood? Hebrews 12:24, “And to Jesus the mediator of the new
covenant, and to
the blood of sprinkling, that speaketh better things than that of
Abel.” Oh friend, run as fast as you can away from Pastor John
MacArthur!!! Run away from any minister who denies that Jesus' literal blood
is sprinkled on the heavenly Mercy Seat.
I just showed you from Hebrews 9:7b that the
Old Testament high priest was forbidden from entering into the holy place
“WITHOUT BLOOD.” Hebrews 9:7, “But into the second went the high
priest alone once every year, not without blood,
which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people:” So what
in the world makes any preacher think that Jesus could appear in the
presence of His Father WITHOUT BLOOD??? What saith the Scripture? Hebrews
9:24, “For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands,
which are the figures of the true; but into heaven
itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us:” Please don't miss
this Bible verse that I just quoted, because it is 100% irrefutable PROOF of
what I am teaching. This is sound doctrine!
The Bible says that Christ did not enter into the
holy places “MADE WITH HANDS” (i.e., the Old Testament holy of holies); but
rather, Jesus is entered “into heaven itself,” into the heavenly Holy
Place “now to appear in the presence of God for us:” (Hebrews 9:24b).
Isn't that so beautiful? Sure it is, and John MacArthur is a devil in the
pulpit, a minister of unrighteousness (2nd Corinthians 11:13-15), who
requires at least
SEVEN THINGS to be saved, and says
children cannot be saved! Yet, I am hated by pastors for exposing John
MacArthur as a big bad wolf in sheep's clothing!!!
My What Big Teeth You Have
Grandma! Or I should say,
My What Big Teeth You Have John MacArthur!!! I'm not kidding! Matthew
7:15, “Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep's clothing, but
inwardly they are ravening wolves.”
I love the
Epistle of Hebrews! The Scripture here teaches us about the sacred Old
Testament Tabernacle and important work of the priests. It has been wisely
said that the Old Testament is the New Testament CONCEALED, and the New
Testament is the Old Testament REVEALED. I like that truth.
One of the great joys of the Christian life is
contending for the faith, and I love doing it, even though I hate
criticizing churches. I know the pain of being an outcast by local Baptist
churches, for merely trying to open pastor's eyes to the very truths I have
presented to you in this important article, earnestly from my heart.
Galatians 4:16, “Am I therefore become your enemy, because I tell you the
truth?” Thank you for reading this.
