1 Chronicles 13:10

⁸ And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁹ And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, 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, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

¹¹ And David was displeased, because the LORD had made a breach upon Uzza: wherefore that place is called Perez-uzza to this day.

¹² And David was afraid of God that day, saying, How shall I bring the ark of God home to me?

Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and He struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.
KJV: And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.
WEB: The LORD’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God.
ASV: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
DARBY: And the anger of Jehovah was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he had put forth his hand to the ark; and there he died before God.
BLB: And the anger of YHWH was kindled against Uzza, and He struck him upon that he stretched out his hand upon the ark, and he died there before the face of God.

ÅB: Da ble Herrens vrede tent opp mot Ussa, og han slo ham fordi han hadde rakt sin hånd ut mot arken, så han døde der for Guds åsyn.
OTB: Herrens vrede brant mot Uzza,
så Han slo ham ned fordi han hadde rakt ut hånden mot arken;
og han døde der foran Gud.
B1930: Da optendtes Herrens vrede mot Ussa, og han slo ham fordi han hadde rakt sin hånd ut mot arken, så han døde der for Guds åsyn.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

1 Chronicles 15:15
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
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1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
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Numbers 4:15
And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.
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1 Samuel 6:19
And he smote the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
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Leviticus 10:1–3
And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took either of them his censer, and put fire therein, and put incense thereon, and offered strange fire before the LORD, which he commanded them not.
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1 Corinthians 11:30–32
For this cause many are weak and sickly among you, and many sleep.
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Numbers 16:35
And there came out a fire from the LORD, and consumed the two hundred and fifty men that offered incense.
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2 Chronicles 26:16–20
But when he was strong, his heart was lifted up to his destruction: for he transgressed against the LORD his God, and went into the temple of the LORD to burn incense upon the altar of incense.
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