Maybe the ark, having resided in his father’s home for two decades, had become too common, an ornament of sorts.
Maybe he thought he was holy enough to touch something he shouldn’t. We feel sorry for Uzzah, don’t we? From our perspective, he was simply a man with good intentions. The ark-that precious symbol of God’s holy, holy, holy presence-started tilting over.Īs it did, a man named Uzzah extended his hand to grab the ark and prevent it from touching the ground, and “The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God” (2 Sam. Upon reaching the threshing floor, the oxen forgot its legs and started to dip near the ground. But instead of referring to God’s Word for how to handle God’s stuff, the people took their cues from the Philistines. According to the law, the ark was to be carried on the shoulders of the Levites with poles. A deadly mistake that would cost a man his life.
When it came time, after retaking the ark of the covenant from the Philistines, to return it to Jerusalem, the Israelites set it on a cart.
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