uzzah died when they touched the ark of the covenant.
uzzah died when they touched the ark of the covenant.
who died when they touched the ark of the covenant?
uzzah
david gathered together all the chosen men of israel — 30,000 in all — and went to retrieve the ark of the covenant from baale-judah. they brought the ark out of the house of abinadab and set it on a new cart. abinadab's sons uzzah and ahio drove the cart, with ahio going before the ark. david and the israelites played with all manner of instruments — harps, psalteries, timbrels, sistra, and cymbals. when they came to the threshing-floor of nacon, the oxen stumbled, and uzzah put out his hand to the ark. in anger, god smote uzzah for his error, and uzzah died by the ark.
shemini (parsha)
reading god's words to noah in "but i will establish my covenant with you," a midrash taught that god was telling noah that he would need a covenant to ensure that the produce would not decay or rot on the ark. further, the midrash taught, noah needed a covenant to prevent giants from plugging the openings of the deep and seeking to enter the ark. and noah needed a covenant to prevent additional lions from coming into the ark. rabbi hiyya bar abba explained that god was thus telling noah that though he may have built the ark, but for god's covenant, noah could not have entered the ark. thus noah's ability to enter the ark at all was proof of the covenant god established with noah in
noach (parsha)