dealing. And Yahweh’s people tend to forget what sort of God they face. We forget that there is heat in his holiness. No, we do not need to be terrified, but being scared wouldn’t hurt.7 God soon made it plain that his severe deed was not his last word about the ark. True, when Uzzah grabbed the ark (v. 6) he was cut down; but the ark was not automatically deadly—witness the blessing Obed-edom experienced while it sat three months in his house (v. 11).8 And