Commentary for Sotah 69:16

ועל דבר זה נענש עוזא שנאמר (דברי הימים א יג, ט) ויבאו עד גורן כידון וישלח עוזא את ידו לאחוז את הארון אמר לו הקב"ה עוזא נושאיו נשא עצמו לא כל שכן

When<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' After this long digression there is resumed the narrative of the crossing of the Jordan. ');">²⁹</span> the last of the Israelites ascended from the Jordan, the waters returned to their place; as it is said: And it came to pass, when the priests that bore the ark of the covenant of the Lord were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' Josh. IV, 18. ');">³⁰</span>

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