1 Chronicles 15:13
For because ye bore it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917
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Numbers 7:9But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them 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 the LORD had broken forth upon Uzzah; and that place was called Perez-uzzah, unto this day
1 Chronicles 13:7And they set 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 the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.'
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 →