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1 Chronicles 15:16 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy. "

1 Chronicles 15:16

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14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

15 The children of the Levites bore God’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses commanded according to the LORD’s word.

16 David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.

17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brothers, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

18 and with them their brothers of the second rank: Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

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2 Chronicles 29:25

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"He set the Levites in the LORD’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from the LORD by his prophets."

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2 Chronicles 5:12

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"also the Levites who were the singers, all of them, even Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun, and their sons and their brothers, arrayed in fine linen, with cymbals and stringed instruments and harps, stood at the east end of the altar, and with them one hundred twenty priests sounding with trumpets);"

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Ezra 3:10

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"When the builders laid the foundation of the LORD’s temple, they set the priests in their vestments with trumpets, with the Levites the sons of Asaph with cymbals, to praise the LORD, according to the directions of David king of Israel."

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1 Chronicles 25:1

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"Moreover, David and the captains of the army set apart for the service certain of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who were to prophesy with harps, with stringed instruments, and with cymbals. The number of those who did the work according to their service was:"

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Nehemiah 12:24

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"The chiefs of the Levites: Hashabiah, Sherebiah, and Jeshua the son of Kadmiel, with their brothers close to them, to praise and give thanks according to the commandment of David the man of God, section next to section."

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2 Samuel 6:5

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"David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD with all kinds of instruments made of cypress wood, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with castanets, and with cymbals."

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1 Chronicles 15:1

"David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it."

1 Chronicles 15:2

"Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”"

1 Chronicles 15:3

"David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it."

1 Chronicles 15:4

"David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:"

1 Chronicles 15:5

"of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;"

1 Chronicles 15:6

"of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;"

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