1Chronicles:15:1-29
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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 .
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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 .
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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 .
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And David assembled the children of Aaron ,
and the Levites :
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Of the sons of Kohath ;
Uriel the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and twenty :
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Of the sons of Merari ;
Asaiah the chief ,
and his brethren two hundred and twenty :
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Of the sons of Gershom ;
Joel the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and thirty :
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Of the sons of Elizaphan ;
Shemaiah the chief ,
and his brethren two hundred :
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Of the sons of Hebron ;
Eliel the chief ,
and his brethren fourscore :
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Of the sons of Uzziel ;
Amminadab the chief ,
and his brethren an hundred and twelve .
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And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests ,
and for the Levites ,
for Uriel ,
Asaiah ,
and Joel ,
Shemaiah ,
and Eliel ,
and Amminadab ,
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And said unto them ,
Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites :
sanctify yourselves ,
both ye and your brethren ,
that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it .
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For because ye did it not at the first ,
the LORD our God made a breach upon us ,
for that we sought him not after the due order .
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel .
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And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon ,
as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD .
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And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick ,
psalteries and harps and cymbals ,
sounding ,
by lifting up the voice with joy .
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So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel ;
and of his brethren ,
Asaph the son of Berechiah ;
and of the sons of Merari their brethren ,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah ;
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And with them their brethren of the second degree ,
Zechariah ,
Ben ,
and Jaaziel ,
and Shemiramoth ,
and Jehiel ,
and Unni ,
Eliab ,
and Benaiah ,
and Maaseiah ,
and Mattithiah ,
and Elipheleh ,
and Mikneiah ,
and Obededom ,
and Jeiel ,
the porters .
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So the singers ,
Heman ,
Asaph ,
and Ethan ,
were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass ;
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And Zechariah ,
and Aziel ,
and Shemiramoth ,
and Jehiel ,
and Unni ,
and Eliab ,
and Maaseiah ,
and Benaiah ,
with psalteries on Alamoth ;
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And Mattithiah ,
and Elipheleh ,
and Mikneiah ,
and Obededom ,
and Jeiel ,
and Azaziah ,
with harps on the Sheminith to excel .
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And Chenaniah ,
chief of the Levites ,
was for song :
he instructed about the song ,
because he was skilful .
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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark .
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And Shebaniah ,
and Jehoshaphat ,
and Nethaneel ,
and Amasai ,
and Zechariah ,
and Benaiah ,
and Eliezer ,
the priests ,
did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God :
and Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark .
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So David ,
and the elders of Israel ,
and the captains over thousands ,
went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD out of the house of Obededom with joy .
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And it came to pass ,
when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD ,
that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams .
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And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen ,
and all the Levites that bare the ark ,
and the singers ,
and Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers :
David also had upon him an ephod of linen .
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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting ,
and with sound of the cornet ,
and with trumpets ,
and with cymbals ,
making a noise with psalteries and harps .
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And it came to pass ,
as the ark of the covenant of the LORD came to the city of David ,
that Michal the daughter of Saul looking out at a window saw king David dancing and playing :
and she despised him in her heart .