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Now David and all the house of Israel were dancing before Yahweh, with all kinds of musical instruments made from ash trees, and with zithers, harps, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals. When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzza reached out to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen had stumbled. Then the anger of Yahweh was kindled[a] against Uzza, and God struck him down there because of the indiscretion,[b] and he died there beside the ark of God.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:7 Literally “Then the nose of Yahweh became hot”
  2. 2 Samuel 6:7 Legal regulations offered by Moses did not permit an Israelite to handle the ark of the covenant in this manner (compare Exod 25:12–16)