²⁰ And the men of Beth-shemesh said, Who is able to keep his place before the Lord, this holy God? and to whom may he go from us?

⁹ And such was David's fear of the Lord that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

² But by whom may the day of his coming be faced? and who may keep his place when he is seen? for he is like the metal-tester's fire and the cleaner's soap.

¹⁷ For the great day of their wrath is come, and who may keep his place?

³⁷ And all the people of the country of the Gerasenes made a request to him to go away from them; for they were in great fear: and he got into a boat and went back.

⁸ But Simon, when he saw it, went down at the knees of Jesus and said, Go away from me, O Lord, for I am a sinner.

⁷ You, you are to be feared; who may keep his place before you in the time of your wrath?

¹¹ And David was angry because of the Lord's outburst of wrath against Uzza, and he gave that place the name Perez-uzza, to this day.

¹² And so great was David's fear of God that day, that he said, How may I let the ark of God come to me?

¹³ So David did not let the ark come back to him to the town of David, but had it turned away and put into the house of Obed-edom the Gittite.

⁷ And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.

⁸ So they sent for all the lords of the Philistines to come together there, and said, What are we to do with the ark of the God of Israel? And their answer was, Let the ark of the God of Israel be taken away to Gath. So they took the ark of the God of Israel away.

⁹ But after they had taken it away, the hand of the Lord was stretched out against the town for its destruction: and the signs of disease came out on all the men of the town, small and great.

¹⁰ So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And when the ark of God came to Ekron, the people of the town made an outcry, saying, They have sent the ark of the God of Israel to us for the destruction of us and of our people.

¹¹ So they sent and got together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go back to its place, so that it may not be the cause of death to us and to our people: for there was a great fear of death through all the town; the hand of God was very hard on them there.

¹² And those men who were not overtaken by death were cruelly diseased: and the cry of the town went up to heaven.

¹² And the children of Israel said to Moses, Truly, destruction has come on us; an evil fate has overtaken us all.

¹³ Death will overtake everyone who comes near, who comes near the House of the Lord: are we all to come to destruction?

⁴⁵ For I am the Lord, who took you out of the land of Egypt, to be your God; so be you holy, for I am holy.