1Chronicles:15

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* And [David ] made houses for himself in the city of David ; and he prepared a place for the ark of God , and pitched a tent for it . * Then David said , None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites : for Yahweh has chosen them to carry the ark of God , and to minister to him forever . * And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem , to bring up the ark of Yahweh to its place , which he had prepared for it . * And David gathered together the sons of Aaron , and the Levites : * of the sons of Kohath , Uriel the chief , and his brothers a hundred and twenty ; * of the sons of Merari , Asaiah the chief , and his brothers two hundred and twenty ; * of the sons of Gershom , Joel the chief , and his brothers a hundred and thirty ; * of the sons of Elizaphan , Shemaiah the chief , and his brothers two hundred ; * of the sons of Hebron , Eliel the chief , and his brothers eighty ; * of the sons of Uzziel , Amminadab the chief , and his brothers a hundred and twelve . * And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests , and for the Levites , for Uriel , Asaiah , and Joel , Shemaiah , and Eliel , and Amminadab , * and said to them , You (note :){+}(:note ) are the heads of the fathers ' [houses ] of the Levites : sanctify yourselves , both you {+} and your {+} brothers , that you {+} may bring up the ark of Yahweh , the God of Israel , to [the place ] that I have prepared for it . * For because you (note :){+}(:note ) did not [bear it ] at the first , Yahweh our God made a breach on us , for we did not seek him according to the ordinance . * So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh , the God of Israel . * And the sons of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles on them , as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh . * And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers the singers , with instruments of music , psalteries and harps and cymbals , sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy . * So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel ; and of his brothers , Asaph the son of Berechiah ; and of the sons of Merari their brothers , Ethan the son of Kushaiah ; * and with them their brothers of the second degree , Zechariah , son , and Jaaziel , and Shemiramoth , and Jehiel , and Unni , Eliab , and Benaiah , and Maaseiah , and Mattithiah , and Eliphelehu , and Mikneiah , and Obed-edom , and Jeiel , the doorkeepers . * So the singers , Heman , Asaph , and Ethan , [were appointed ] with cymbals of bronze to sound aloud ; * and Zechariah , and Aziel , and Shemiramoth , and Jehiel , and Unni , and Eliab , and Maaseiah , and Benaiah , with psalteries set to Alamoth ; * and Mattithiah , and Eliphelehu , and Mikneiah , and Obed-edom , and Jeiel , and Azaziah , with harps set to the Sheminith , to lead . * And Chenaniah , chief of the Levites , was over the song : he instructed about the song , because he was skillful . * And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark . * And Shebaniah , and Joshaphat , and Nethanel , and Amasai , and Zechariah , and Benaiah , and Eliezer , the priests , blew the trumpets before the ark of God : and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark . * So David , and the elders of Israel , and the captains over thousands , went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh out of the house of Obed-edom with joy . * And it came to pass , when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh , that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams . * And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen , and all the Levites that bore the ark , and the singers , and Chenaniah the master of the song [with ] the singers : and David had on him an ephod of linen . * Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Yahweh with shouting , and with sound of the cornet , and with trumpets , and with cymbals , sounding aloud with psalteries and harps . * And it came to pass , as the ark of the covenant of Yahweh came to the city of David , that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window , and saw King David dancing and playing ; and she despised him in her heart .

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