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1 Chronicles 15:13

For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

ASV Byzantine Text

In The King James Version

For 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.

In Context

12and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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

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Cross References

Numbers 7:9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

2 Samuel 6:3And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.

2 Samuel 6:8And David was displeased, because Jehovah had broken forth upon Uzzah; and he called that place Perez-uzzah, unto this day.

1 Chronicles 13:7And they carried the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart.

1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him forever.

Proverbs 28:13He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper; But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

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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