Instances Of Sacrilege : Of The People Of Beth-shemesh

• Curiosity
• Presumption
• Sacrilege

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.

But they shall not go in to see when the holy things are covered, lest they die.

And the LORD said unto Moses, Go down, charge the people, lest they break through unto the LORD to gaze, and many of them perish.