1 Chronicles 15:14

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

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In Context

13For 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.

15And 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.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

2 Chronicles 29:15And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.

Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25

The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 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. 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. 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. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →

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