Moff 1 CHR Chapter 15

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15 He not only built himself houses in David's burg but prepared a site for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2 Then David ordered that no one should carry the ark of God except the Levites, since the Eternal had chosen them to carry the ark of God and to 3 serve him always. So, when David convened all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring the ark of the Eternal up to the place which he had prepared for it, 4 David mustered the Aaronites and the Levites. 5 At the head of the Kohathites was Uriel, with a hundred and twenty of his fellows; 6 at the head of the Merarites was Asaiah, with two hundred and twenty of his fellows; 7 at the head of the Gershomites was Joel, with a hundred and thirty of his fellows; 8 at the head of the sons of Elizaphan was Shemaiah, with two hundred of his fellows; 9 at the head of the sons of Hebron was Eliel, with eighty of his fellows; 10 and at the head of the sons of Uzziel was Amminadab, with a hundred and twelve of his fellows.

11 Summoning Zadok and Abiathar the priests along with Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab the Levites, 12 David said to them, You are the heads of the Levitical families; purify yourselves, you and your fellows, for bringing the ark of the Eternal, the God of Israel, up to the site I have prepared for it. 13 It was because you did not carry it at first, that the Eternal our God broke out upon us, because we did not go about it in the proper way. 14 So the priests and the Levites purified themselves for bringing up the ark of the Eternal the God of Israel, 15 and the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, as the Eternal had bidden Moses give orders.

16 David also bade the heads of the Levites appoint some of their fellows to the service of song, with musical instruments, lutes, lyres, and cymbals, to beat time and to shout with joy. 17 So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel, his fellow-Levite Asaph the son of Berechiah, and, from their fellows the Merarites, Ethan the son of Kushaiah, 18 together with twelve others, Zechariah, Bani, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphlehu, and Mikneiah, also the warders Obededom and Jeiel. 19 Of the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan had to beat time with bronze cymbals; 20 Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah had to lead the praise with lutes set for soprano voices, 21 while Mattithiah, Eliphlehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jehiel, and Azarlah had to use harps set for bass voices. 22 Chenaniah the Levitical leader was in charge of the transport; he gave directions about the transport, as he was an expert. 23 Berechiah and Elkanah acted as warders for the ark, 24 while the priests Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer sounded the bugles in front of the ark of God.

25 So went David and the sheikhs of Israel and the generals joyfully to bring up the ark of the compact of the Eternal

from the house of Obed-edom; 26 and after God had helped the Levites who carried the ark of the compact of the Eternal, they sacrificed seven, bullocks and seven rams. 27 David and all the Levites who carried the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the head of the transport, danced with all their might, David wearing a linen kilt. 28 Thus did all Israel bring up the ark of the compact of the Eternal with shouts, with blasts of bugles and trumpets and cymbals, beating time with lutes and lyres. 29 (As the ark of the compact of the Eternal reached David's burg, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window; and when she saw king David whirling about and sporting, she despised him in her heart.)

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Moff 1 CHR Chapter 15

Moff 1 CHR Chapter 15