7And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
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.
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep. …
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 6-11)We have here Uzzah struck dead for touching the ark, when it was upon its journey towards the city of David, a sad providence, which damped their mirth, stopped the progress of the ark, and for the present, dispersed this great assembly, which had come together to attend it, and sent them home in a fright. I. Uzzah’s offence seems very small. He and his brother Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, in whose…
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