1 Chronicles 13:9-12

Uzzah and the Ark

9 And when they came to the threshing floor of o Chidon, Uzzah put out his hand to take hold of the ark, for the oxen stumbled. 10 And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah, and he struck him down p because he put out his hand to the ark, and q he died there before God. 11 And David was angry because the Lord had broken out against Uzzah. And that place is called Perez-uzza 1 to this day. 12 And David was afraid of God that day, and he said, "How can I bring the ark of God home to me?"

  1. Cross References
    2 Samuel 6:6
    And when they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled.
  2. Cross References
    1 Chronicles 15:13
    Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.
    1 Chronicles 15:15
    And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
    Numbers 4:15
    And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.
  3. Cross References
    Leviticus 10:2
    And fire came out from before the Lord and consumed them, and they died before the Lord.
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