²² And let the priests also, which come near to the Lord, sanctify themselves, lest the Lord break forth upon them.

⁶ But the hand of the Lord was heavy upon them of Ashdod, and he destroyed them, and smote them with emerods, even Ashdod and the coasts thereof.

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.

³⁸ And it came to pass about ten days after, that the Lord smote Nabal, that he died.