1 Chronicles 15:14

And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves, to bring up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel;

Young's Literal Translation

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

13because at the first [it was] not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

15and sons of the Levites bear the ark of God, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Jehovah, on their shoulder, with staves, above them.

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Cross References

Leviticus 10:3And Moses saith unto Aaron, 'It [is] that which Jehovah hath spoken, saying, By those drawing near to Me I am sanctified, and in the face of all the people I am honoured;' and Aaron is silent.

2 Chronicles 29:15and they gather their brethren, and sanctify themselves, and come in, according to the command of the king in the matters of Jehovah, to cleanse the house of Jehovah,

Nehemiah 12:30and the priests and the Levites are cleansed, and they cleanse 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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