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When they came to Nacon’s threshing floor, Uzzah reached out [with his hand] to the ark of God and took hold of it, because the oxen [stumbled and] nearly overturned it. And [a]the anger of the Lord burned against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his irreverence; and he died there by the ark of God. David became [b]angry and grieved and offended because of the Lord’s outburst against Uzzah, and that place has been called Perez-uzzah (outburst against Uzzah) to this day.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:7 Lit the nose of the Lord was hot.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:8 Lit hot.

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