Moving the Tabernacle

Numbers 4:34 - 6:27

The book of Numbers is one of those seemingly repetitive bits that are tough to read through if you don't try to pay some attention with your imagination.
If you add up all of the metal pieces used in the tabernacle the weight of those alone is, if I recall correctly, something just under 8 or 9 tons. The curtains and wood would not be light either so there is a LOT of weight to haul around here.
What struck me reading through this though is the seriousness with which the process was to be undertaken. People not following the orders correctly weren't just reprimanded...they died.
Death was a very real option if you didn't observe the correct 'ritual' in the tear down, moving, and setting up of the tabernacle.
Now, I know we're no longer under the law, and I know that this is old versus new testament stuff, but it did strike me as an almost comical comparison when reading through these regulations...what would one of these Levite clansman think today if they were to walk into one of our church services and see us passing around a basket full of little plastic, double lidded containers that had a styro-foam wafer under the first lid and a bit of overly sweetened purple water under the second?
I know God reads the heart...maybe mine needs a little more ritualistic respect on Sundays...even if the goodies being passed don't warrant it.