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They reached the place of Kidon's threshing floor. There the oxen that were pulling the cart almost fell. So Uzzah reached out to hold the Covenant Box to stop it falling. 10 The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he had touched the Covenant Box. He knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside God's Covenant Box.[a]

11 David was angry because the Lord had punished Uzzah. So he called that place ‘Perez Uzzah’. That is still its name today.[b]

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Footnotes

  1. 13:10 Uzzah did not obey God's rules about the Covenant Box. He showed that he did not understand that God is holy. See Exodus 25:12-14; Numbers 4:5-6,15.
  2. 13:11 ‘Perez Uzzah’ means ‘punishment of Uzzah’.