1 Chronicles 15:14

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

Brenton Septuagint

In The King James Version

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

In Context

13For because ye were not ready at the first, our God made a breach upon us, because we sought him not according to the ordinance.

15And the sons of the Levites took the ark of God, (as Moses commanded by the word of God according to the scripture) upon their shoulders with staves.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3And Moses said to Aaron, This is the thing which the Lord spoke, saying, I will be sanctified among them that draw nigh to me, and I will be glorified in the whole congregation; and Aaron was pricked in his heart.

2 Chronicles 29:15And they gathered their brethren, and they purified themselves according to the king's command by the order of the Lord, to purify the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:30And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and they purified the people, and the porters, 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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