1. 2 Samuel 6:13 (ESV)
  2. Exposition

Why did David sacrifice an ox and a fattened animal?

2 Samuel 6:13 (ESV)

13 And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.

The sacrifice of an ox and a fattened animal was either meant to atone for sin (see Leviticus 1:4) or to sanctify the land for the journey of the ark from the house of Obed-edom to Jerusalem. 1