Had gone six paces with safety and comfort. He sacrificed oxen and fatlings, upon an altar suddenly erected, as was usual in such cases. See Exodus 20:24. This he did either to appease God for the former miscarriage; or to praise him for his present mercy, that he had not made another breach upon them; or to implore his favour and gracious presence with them in this great affair.
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2 Samuel 6:13
13 And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.