Musar for Sotah 69:19
(שמואל ב ו, ח) ויחר לדוד על אשר פרץ ה' פרץ בעוזא א"ר אלעזר שנשתנו פניו כחררה
And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error [shal] etc.<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' II Sam. VI, 7. ');"><sup>34</sup></span> R. Johanan and R. Eleazar [differ on the interpretation of the word 'shal']. One said [that it means] on account of the act of error [shalu];<span class="x" onmousemove="('comment',' [ [H] error, neglect, cf. Ezra IV, 12.] ');"><sup>35</sup></span>
Mesilat Yesharim
David, because he referred to the words of Torah as "songs", was punished by the calamity of Uza and his joy was muted (Sotah 35a).
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Shemirat HaLashon
We also find that the spies, because of the sin of lashon hara, died an unnatural death, as it is written (Sotah 35a) (Bamidbar 14:37): "And they died, the men who had uttered an evil report of the land, etc." R. Shimon b. Lakish said: "They died an unnatural death." And it is stated there in the Gemara: "We are hereby taught that their tongues descended to their navels, and worms left their mouths onto their tongues, and from their tongues they descended to their navels."
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