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Plans to Move the Ark to Jerusalem

Now David built houses for himself in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

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Preparations to Move the Ark to Jerusalem

And he made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and spread a tent for it.

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Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.”

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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve him for ever.

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And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place which he had prepared for it.

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And David assembled all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah to its place that he had prepared for it.

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David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

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And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and 120 of his relatives;

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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and 220 of his relatives;

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

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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and 130 of his relatives;

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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and 200 of his relatives;

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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and 80 of his relatives;

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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty;

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of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives.

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of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

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Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab,

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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab;

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and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

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and he said to them, Ye are the chief fathers of the Levites; hallow yourselves, ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel to [the place that] I have prepared for it.

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“Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

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For because ye did [it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

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So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

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So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.

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The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.

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The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark

And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves upon them, as Moses had commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

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Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.

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And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.

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

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And the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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and with them their relatives of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom and Jeiel, the gatekeepers.

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and with them their brethren of the second [rank], Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers;

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So the singers, Heman, Asaph and Ethan were appointed to sound aloud cymbals of bronze;

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and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;

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and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah, with harps tuned to alamoth;

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and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with lutes on Alamoth;

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and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel and Azaziah, to lead with lyres tuned to the sheminith.

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and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-Edom and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to lead [the singing].

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Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was in charge of the singing; he gave instruction in singing because he was skillful.

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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites for the music, gave instruction in music, for he was skilful.

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Berechiah and Elkanah were gatekeepers for the ark.

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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were gatekeepers for the ark.

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And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-Edom and Jehijah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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So it was David, with the elders of Israel and the captains over thousands, who went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with joy.

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Moving the Ark to Jerusalem

And David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah out of the house of Obed-Edom with joy.

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Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

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And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

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Now David was clothed with a robe of fine linen with all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers and Chenaniah the leader of the singing with the singers. David also wore an ephod of linen.

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And David was clothed with a robe of byssus, and all the Levites that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah chief of the music of the singers; and David had upon him a linen ephod.

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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the horn, with trumpets, with loud-sounding cymbals, with harps and lyres.

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And all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting, and with sound of the trumpet, and with clarions, and with cymbals, playing aloud with lutes and harps.

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It happened when the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out of the window and saw King David leaping and celebrating; and she despised him in her heart.

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And it came to pass as the ark of the covenant of Jehovah came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked through a window, and saw king David dancing and playing; and she despised him in her heart.

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1 Chronicles 15

1 Chronicles 15