⁵ And he inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry it.

³ They set the ark of God on a new cart^(A) and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.^(B) Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart ⁴ with the ark of God on it,^[a] and Ahio was walking in front of it. ⁵ David and all Israel were celebrating^(C) with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,^[b] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.^(D)

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of^(E) the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. ⁷ The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act;^(F) therefore God struck him down,^(G) and he died there beside the ark of God.

¹⁵ “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move,^(A) only then are the Kohathites^(B) to come and do the carrying.^(C) But they must not touch the holy things^(D) or they will die.^(E) The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.

⁵⁰ Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle^(A) of the covenant law^(B)—over all its furnishings^(C) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.