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Good Intentions vs. God's Commands
Commentators highlight that Uzza's intention was good—he wanted to prevent the holy ark from falling. However, as Matthew Henry notes, 'a good design will not justify a bad action.' Uzza's method violated God's specific commands about how the ark should be handled, teaching that obedience to God's revealed will is more important than our own well-intentioned but disobedient plans.
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1 Chronicles
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19th Century
Bishop
Chidon. —So one manuscript of Septuagint Syriac and Arabic, Râmîn. The Nachon of Samuel seems right. The Targum,…
19th Century
Preacher
I suppose that Uzza, because the ark had been in his father's house for so long, had grown unduly familiar with it and therefore touched it. Yet it…
17th Century
Pastor
(See Gill on 1 Chronicles 13:5).
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17th Century
Minister
Let the sin of Uzza warn all to take heed of presumption, rashness, and irreverence, in dealing with holy things; and let no one think that a good …