stumbling oxen

^{2 Sam. 6:3 -7} They placed the Chest of God on a brand-new oxcart and removed it from Abinadab's house on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, Abinadab's sons, were driving the new cart loaded with the Chest of God, Ahio in the lead and Uzzah alongside the Chest. David and the whole company of Israel were in the parade, singing at the top of their lungs and playing mandolins, harps, tambourines, castanets, and cymbals. When they came to the threshing floor of Nacon, the oxen stumbled, so Uzzah reached out and grabbed the Chest of God. God blazed in anger against Uzzah and struck him hard because he had profaned the Chest. Uzzah died on the spot, right alongside the Chest."

They carried the chest on a brand spanking new cart. They were parading down the street, singing and playing instruments. The oxen stumbled. Maybe the oxen was weary. Maybe the oxen was old. Maybe the oxen just miss stepped. But the oxen stumbled. The man Uzzah reached out, perhaps to steady it. He died right there in the streets on the parade route.