The imagery of 1 Samuel 5 is locked in my head forever. I love that the Philistines set up the Ark before their idol, Dagon. I do not know how big of an idol we are talking about here, but I imagine him to be sizeable. I've seen some pretty big ones on my trips to India, and I imagine a statue of Dagon towering 10-12 feet high with the Ark of God before it. The following morning, the Philistines went into their temple to find Dagon on his face before the Ark of the Covenant. So they set him up, as you do for your false god. The next morning, Dagon had fallen down again, but this time, his head and hands had broken off and landed on the threshold of the temple door. What a crazy site that must have been. It was so impactful on the Philistines that from that moment forward, the priests of Dagon and all who enter the house of Dagon "do not tread on the threshold." It's a specific act. They can't dare to step where the head and hands of their so-called god had fallen. But what is perhaps most interesting is that the Jews adopted this practice...