be near the Ark, let alone touch it. David quickly had the Ark taken into the house of Obed-Edom, who was a Levite (1 Chron. 15:18, 21, 24; 16:5; 26:4–8, 15), and there it remained for three months. At the beginning of new eras in biblical history, God sometimes manifested His power in judgment to remind the people that one thing had not changed: God’s people must obey God’s Word. After the tabernacle was erected and the priestly ministry inaugurated, Aaron’s sons Nadab and Abihu were struck dead