So they sent the ark of God to Ekron. And as the ark of God came to Ekron the Ekronites cried out, saying, “They have brought the ark of the God of Israel around to us, to kill us and our people.”

The men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?”

My flesh

trembles for fear of You,

And I am afraid of Your judgments.

Then I said,
“Woe is me, for I am ruined!
Because I am a man of unclean lips,
And I live among a people of unclean lips;
For my eyes have seen the King, the Lord of hosts.”

But when Simon Peter saw that, he fell down at Jesus’ feet, saying, “Go away from me Lord, for I am a sinful man!”

just as Sarah obeyed Abraham, calling him lord, and you have become her children if you do what is right

without being frightened by any fear.

How shall

“But will God indeed dwell on the earth? Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You, how much less this house which I have built!

Then David became angry because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzza; and he called that place Perez-uzza to this day.

“If even the moon has no brightness
And the stars are not pure in His sight,

General references

The men of Beth-shemesh said, “Who is able to stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to whom shall He go up from us?”

And I was afraid, and went away and hid your talent in the ground. See, you have what is yours.’