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They reached the place of Nacon's threshing floor. There the oxen that were pulling the cart almost fell. So Uzzah reached out to hold God's Covenant Box to stop it falling. The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he did not respect God's rules.[a] He immediately knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside the Covenant Box.

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. 6:7 Uzzah showed that he did not respect God's rules. Only Levites could touch the Covenant Box.
  2. 6:8 ‘Perez Uzzah’ means ‘punishment of Uzzah’.