And David and all Israel played before [a]God with all their might, both with songs and with harps, and with viols, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

¶ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of [b]Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the Ark, for the oxen did shake it.

10 But the wrath of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he laid his hand upon the Ark: so he died there [c]before God.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Chronicles 13:8 That is, before the Ark, where God showed himself: so that the sign is taken for the thing signified, which is common to all sacraments both in the old and new Testament.
  2. 1 Chronicles 13:9 Called also Nachon, 2 Sam. 6:6.
  3. 1 Chronicles 13:10 Before the Ark for usurping that which did not appertain to his vocation: for this charge was given to the Priests, Num. 4:15, so that here all good intentions are condemned, except they be commanded by the word of God.

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