We can’t live without God for God is good and the source of all that is good. The dangerous, terrifying ark, which brings curses and judgement with it, is left with Obed-Edom and the result is—blessing (6:10–11)! The ark that brought death is the same ark that now brings blessing. A Gittite was someone from the Philistine city of Gath, and Obed-Edom means “servant of Edom”. David has 600 Gittites from Gath in his army in 2 Samuel 15:18. So the man Obed-Edom is almost certainly
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