Verse 4
1 Chronicles 15:4
GOD'S WORD Translation
4
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֶּאֱסֹ֥ף דָּוִ֛יד אֶת בְּנֵ֥י אַֽהֲרֹ֖ן וְ/אֶת הַ/לְוִיִּֽם
English Translation
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites.
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Chapter 15 Context
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David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God (Elohim)’s ark, and pitch...
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Then David said, “No one ought to carry God (Elohim)’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen th...
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David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepare...
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David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;
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of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
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David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shema...
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and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves,...
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For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God (Elohim) broke out in anger against us, bec...
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God (Elohim)...
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15
The children of the Levites bore God (Elohim)’s ark on their shoulders with its poles, as Moses comm...
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David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of mus...
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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brothers, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and...
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and with them their brothers of the second rank, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni,...
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
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and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with stringed instrum...
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and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-s...
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Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the singing. He taught the singers, because he was skillfu...
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Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trump...
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So David, the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring the ark of Yahweh’s c...
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When God (Elohim) helped the Levites who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bu...
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David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who bore the ark, the singers,...
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Thus all Israel brought the ark of Yahweh’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, wit...
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As the ark of Yahweh’s covenant came to David’s city, Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the...
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