a. So they set the ark of God on a new cart: Transporting the ark on a cart was against God’s specific command. The ark was designed to be carried (Exodus 25:12–15) and was only to be carried by Levites of the family of Koath (Numbers 4:15). i. God wanted the ark to be carried because He wanted nothing mechanical about the ark, representing His presence. “The ark was nothing less than the burden of the Lord, and the burden of the Lord was to be carried
2 Samuel 6:3–5