The Bible Answers Your Questions - Good News Staff - February 1964

Good News Staff

In I Chronicles 13:9, we read, "Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him... and there he died before God." WHY did God kill a man for the simple act of trying to steady the ark - when it was about to fall over? On the surface, it would appear to be a very innocent act. God had instructed those responsible for carrying the ark - that they should CARRY IT ON THEIR SHOULDERS! Notice, Numbers 7:1-9, "Unto the sons of Kohath he gave none [oxen and carts): because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear it ON THEIR SHOULDERS!" This was the first disobedient act. - Information Supplied By: Herbert W Armstrong Library