1 Chronicles 13

And when they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark, for the oxen stumbled.  Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzza, and He struck him because he put his hand to the ark; and he died there before God. vv.9-10

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Seem rather harsh to strike someone because they tried to help, especially if it seems like an accident since it was animals that stumbled and caused the ark to almost fall.  Yet let's make sure we're getting the entire picture here.  The account is David bringing the ark of the covenant to the City of David for it had been in another land had been neglected and not sought diligently by the leaders.  As David is becoming king in Jerusalem he wants to set right God's religion and knowing the blessings and ordinances of the ark that Saul so neglected in his kingship.  This decision to bring the ark to Jerusalem was pleased by God, yet David and others seemed to have forgotten or were careless the commands for moving the ark.  We know from Numbers 4:15 that it was the priests who were to carry the ark when they traveled through the wilderness.  So it was still ought to be that the priest would carry the ark, not oxen or just any man.  It may seem easier to have animals carry such a heavy intricate thing, but we read from 1 Chronicles 15:26 that God would help the Levites who bore the ark.  David and the other leaders realized they were quick to do a work that would please God but they did not consult Him about the proper order (1 Chronicles 15:13).  Now today we as believers don't have these ordinances we must follow, yet how too we are quick to do something that may be a good thing but don't pray about how to go about it that ultimately makes a good task a weary task?  Just as David knew the blessing of having the ark near so we ought to seek having God and His word near and let us value it as the treasure it is and not neglect it as Saul and the people did for a time of taking matters in their own hands.