Verse 12
1 Chronicles 15:12
Bible in Basic English
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And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God (Elohim) of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר לָ/הֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֛ם רָאשֵׁ֥י הָ/אָב֖וֹת לַ/לְוִיִּ֑ם הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ אַתֶּ֣ם וַ/אֲחֵי/כֶ֔ם וְ/הַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל הֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לֽ/וֹ
English Translation
And he said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers of the Levites; consecrate yourselves and your brothers, and bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it."
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Chapter 15 Context
1
And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God...
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Then David said, The ark of God (Elohim) may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been...
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And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, whic...
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And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;
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Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;
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Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;
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Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and 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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10
Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.
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11
And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shem...
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And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and yo...
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For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God (Elohim) sent punishment on us, becau...
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So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God (Elohim)...
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15
And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God (Elohim), lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had...
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16
And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position...
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So Heman, the son of Joel, and, of his brothers, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Mer...
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And with them their brothers of the second order, Zechariah, Bani and Jaaziel and Shemiramoth and Je...
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So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sou...
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And Zechariah and Aziel and Shemiramoth and Jehiel, Unni and Eliab and Maaseiah and Benaiah, with co...
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And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instrume...
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And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was master of the music: he gave directions about the song, bec...
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And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.
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And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the pries...
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So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get t...
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And when God (Elohim) gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the L...
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And David was clothed with a robe of fair linen, as were all the Levites who took up the ark, and th...
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So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass...
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And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of S...
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