撒母耳記下6:1-11

 

6:1 大衛又聚集以色列中所有挑選的人三萬。
6:2 大衛起身，率領跟隨他的眾人前往，要從巴拉‧猶大將上帝的約櫃運來；這約櫃就是坐在二基路伯上萬軍之耶和華留名的約櫃。
6:3 他們將上帝的約櫃從岡上亞比拿達的家裡抬出來，放在新車上；亞比拿達的兩個兒子烏撒和亞希約趕這新車。
6:4 他們將上帝的約櫃從岡上亞比拿達家裡抬出來的時候，亞希約在櫃前行走。
6:5 大衛和以色列的全家在耶和華面前，用松木製造的各樣樂器和琴、瑟、鼓、鈸、鑼，作樂跳舞。
6:6 到了拿艮的禾場，因為牛失前蹄（或譯：驚跳），烏撒就伸手扶住上帝的約櫃。
6:7 上帝耶和華向烏撒發怒，因這錯誤擊殺他，他就死在上帝的約櫃旁。
6:8 大衛因耶和華擊殺（原文是闖殺）烏撒，心裡愁煩，就稱那地方為毘列斯‧烏撒，直到今日。
6:9 那日，大衛懼怕耶和華，說：「耶和華的約櫃怎可運到我這裡來？」
6:10 於是大衛不肯將耶和華的約櫃運進大衛的城，卻運到迦特人俄別‧以東的家中。
6:11 耶和華的約櫃在迦特人俄別‧以東家中三個月；耶和華賜福給俄別‧以東和他的全家。

 

David again brought together all the able young men of Israel—thirty thousand. ² He and all his men went to Baalah^[a] in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,^[b] the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. ³ They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart ⁴ with the ark of God on it,^[c] and Ahio was walking in front of it. ⁵ David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,^[d] harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.

⁶ When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. ⁷ The Lord’s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.

⁸ Then David was angry because the Lord’s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.^[e]

⁹ David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, “How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?” ¹⁰ He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. ¹¹ The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.

 

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    大衛莽撞地接約櫃回耶路撒冷，沒有好好仔細地考察摩西的律法書對於約櫃遷移的做法，就派了牛車要從巴拉‧猶大將上帝的約櫃運到耶路撒冷，放在新車上；亞比拿達的兩個兒子烏撒和亞希約趕這新車。

 

    雖然大衛和以色列的全家在耶和華面前，用松木製造的各樣樂器和琴、瑟、鼓、鈸、鑼，作樂跳舞。到了拿艮的禾場，因為牛失前蹄（或譯：驚跳），烏撒就伸手扶住上帝的約櫃。上帝耶和華向烏撒發怒，因這錯誤擊殺他，他就死在上帝的約櫃旁。

 

    這事讓大衛非常震驚，更是認為不平安！甚至將那地稱為「毘列斯‧烏撒」表示烏撒不可照自己的意思去碰約櫃，違反摩西律法書的教導，所以這地名的意義是「烏撒的違背」！也因為這是讓大衛對於約櫃運回耶路撒冷的事暫緩，將約櫃放在「俄別‧以東」的家。

 

    而烏撒的事情，給我們很大的借鏡，人不應該用自己認為可以幫助上帝卻違反上帝命令的方式來服事上帝。這讓我想到以前曾經在一個地方聚會，每到選舉的時候，候選人就會將一筆錢託給一位執事，要將這一筆錢奉獻給教會當主日禮拜後的愛餐使用，但是要告訴弟兄姊妹這是某某候選人奉獻，大家要投他一票！也因為這樣，這個教會一直沒有蒙上帝的賜福，常常有許多不平安的事發生在他們中間，這也讓我感受到上帝的管教和警戒在其中！正如上帝藉由烏撒的死亡警戒大衛一般，要大衛認識：耶和華是輕慢不得的！

 

    今天我們也要學習這樣的功課，耶和華是輕慢不得的，我們要敬畏祂，不要招惹祂的怒氣！