rsv 1Chronicles:15:1-16 SEEK
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David built houses for himself in the city of David ;
and he prepared a place for the ark of God ,
and pitched a tent for it .
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Then David said , "
No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God ,
for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister to him for ever ."
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And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem ,
to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place ,
which he had prepared for it .
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And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites :
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of the sons of Kohath ,
Uri '
el the chief ,
with a hundred and twenty of his brethren ;
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of the sons of Merar '
i ,
Asai '
ah the chief ,
with two hundred and twenty of his brethren ;
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of the sons of Gershom ,
Jo '
el the chief ,
with a hundred and thirty of his brethren ;
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of the sons of Eli-za '
phan ,
Shemai '
ah the chief ,
with two hundred of his brethren ;
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of the sons of Hebron ,
Eli '
el the chief ,
with eighty of his brethren ;
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of the sons of Uz '
ziel ,
Ammin '
adab the chief ,
with a hundred and twelve of his brethren .
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Then David summoned the priests Zadok and Abi '
athar ,
and the Levites Uri '
el ,
Asai '
ah ,
Jo '
el ,
Shemai '
ah ,
Eli '
el ,
and Ammin '
adab ,
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and said to them , "
You are the heads of the fathers '
houses of the Levites ;
sanctify yourselves ,
you and your brethren ,
so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
to the place that I have prepared for it .
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Because you did not carry it the first time ,
the LORD our God broke forth upon us ,
because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained ."
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD ,
the God of Israel .
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And the Levites carried the ark of God upon their shoulders with the poles ,
as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD .
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David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as the singers who should play loudly on musical instruments ,
on harps and lyres and cymbals ,
to raise sounds of joy .
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