done so was horrifed at his own action, and overcome by fear suffered a heart attack or something of the sort. The Old Testament writers invariably saw God’s hand in things which we would attribute to natural causes. The lesson taken from this unexpected and unwelcome event was a fresh recognition of God’s awesome power, shown in and through the ark. The ark was just a box, physically speaking, and could be moved as and where men pleased; the God whom it symbolized could not be manipulated nor pushed