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1 Chronicles 15:14 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. "
1 Chronicles 15:14
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And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
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1 Chronicles 15:1
"And David made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent."
1 Chronicles 15:2
"Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever."
1 Chronicles 15:3
"And David gathered ➔ all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it."
1 Chronicles 15:4
"And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:"
1 Chronicles 15:5
"Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:"
1 Chronicles 15:6
"Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:"
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