It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order."
Cross References
2 Samuel 6:3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart,
1 Chronicles 13:7So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
1 Chronicles 13:10And 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.
Treasury of Scripture
For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
ye did it
1 Chronicles 13:7-9
And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart…
the Lord
1 Chronicles 13:10,11
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…
2 Samuel 6:7,8
And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God…
for that
1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
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.
Numbers 7:9
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
