⁷ And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzzah, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there by the ark of God.

¹⁹ But the Lord sent destruction on seventy men of the people of Beth-shemesh for looking into the ark of the Lord; and great was the sorrow of the people for the destruction which the Lord had sent on them.

¹³ For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

¹ And Nadab and Abihu, the sons of Aaron, took their vessels and put fire in them and perfume, burning strange fire before the Lord, which he had not given them orders to do.

² And fire came out from before the Lord, burning them up and causing their destruction before the Lord.

³ Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.

¹⁰ And the wrath of the Lord, burning against Uzza, sent destruction on him because he had put his hand on the ark, and death came to him there before God.

² Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

³⁰ For this cause a number of you are feeble and ill, and a number are dead.

³¹ But if we were true judges of ourselves, punishment would not come on us.

³² But if punishment does come, it is sent by the Lord, so that we may be safe when the world is judged.