1 Chronicles 15:14

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

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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 you did not carry it at first, the Lord our God made an outbreak against us, because we did not seek him according to the ordinance."

15The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the Lord.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3Then Moses said to Aaron, "This is what the Lord spoke of, saying,'I will show myself holy to those who come near me,and before all the people I will be glorified.'"Aaron held his peace.

2 Chronicles 29:15They gathered their brothers, and sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.

Nehemiah 12:30The priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they 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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