David was afraid of the Lord that day. “How can the ark of the Lord come to my ⌞city⌟?” he asked.
David was angry because the Lord had struck Uzzah so violently. (That place is still called Perez Uzzah [The Striking of Uzzah] today.)
“Does God really live on earth? If heaven itself, the highest heaven, cannot hold you, then how can this temple that I have built?
My body shudders in fear of you, and I am afraid of your regulations.
So I said, “Oh, no! I’m doomed. Every word that passes through my lips is sinful. I live among people with sinful lips. I have seen the king, the Lord of Armies!”
I was afraid. So I hid your two thousand dollars in the ground. Here’s your money!’
as Sarah did. Sarah obeyed Abraham and spoke to him respectfully. You became Sarah’s daughters by not letting anything make you afraid to do good.
The people of Beth Shemesh asked, “Who can stand before the Lord, this holy God? And to which people will he go when he leaves us?”