1 Chronicles 16:4
And he appointed Levites to minister before the ark of the Lord, and to remember his works, and to glorify, and praise the Lord God of Israel.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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Genesis 17:7And I will establish my covenant between me and thee, and between thy sad after thee in their generations, by a perpetual covenant: to be a God to thee, and to thy seed after thee.
Genesis 33:20And raising an altar there, he invoked upon it the most mighty God of Israel.
1 Kings 8:15And Solomon said: Blessed be the Lord the God of Israel, who spoke with his mouth to David my father, and with his own hands hath accomplished it, saying:
1 Chronicles 16:8Praise ye the Lord, and call upon his name: make known his doings among the nations.
1 Chronicles 23:2And he gathered together all the princes of Israel, and the priests and Levites.
1 Chronicles 23:27So according to the last precepts of David, the sons of Levi are to be numbered from twenty years old and upward.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 16:2-7
The Settlement of the Ark. ( b. c. 1045.) 1 So they brought the ark of God, and set it in the midst of the tent that David had pitched for it: and they offered burnt sacrifices and peace offerings before God. 2 And when David had made an end of offering the burnt offerings and the peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord . 3 And he dealt to every one of Israel, both man and woman, to every one a loaf of bread, and a good piece of flesh, and a flagon of wine. 4 And he appointed certain of the… Read the whole commentary →