nkjv 1Chronicles:15:15-28 SEEK
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And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders ,
by its poles ,
as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD .
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Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music ,
stringed instruments ,
harps ,
and cymbals ,
by raising the voice with resounding 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 their brethren ,
the sons of Merari ,
Ethan the son of Kushaiah ;
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and with them their brethren of the second rank :
Zechariah ,
Ben ,
Jaaziel ,
Shemiramoth ,
Jehiel ,
Unni ,
Eliab ,
Benaiah ,
Maaseiah ,
Mattithiah ,
Elipheleh ,
Mikneiah ,
Obed-Edom ,
and Jeiel ,
the gatekeepers ;
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the singers ,
Heman ,
Asaph ,
and Ethan ,
were to sound the cymbals of bronze ;
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Zechariah ,
Aziel ,
Shemiramoth ,
Jehiel ,
Unni ,
Eliab ,
Maaseiah ,
and Benaiah ,
with strings according to Alamoth ;
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Mattithiah ,
Elipheleh ,
Mikneiah ,
Obed-Edom ,
Jeiel ,
and Azaziah ,
to direct with harps on the Sheminith ;
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Chenaniah ,
leader of the Levites ,
was instructor in charge of the music ,
because he was skillful ;
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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 ,
were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God ;
and Obed-Edom and Jehiah ,
doorkeepers for the ark .
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So David ,
the elders of Israel ,
and the captains over thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-Edom with joy .
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And so it was ,
when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD ,
that they offered seven bulls and seven rams .
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David was clothed with a robe of fine linen ,
as were all the Levites who bore the ark ,
the singers ,
and Chenaniah the music master with the singers .
David also wore a linen ephod .
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Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting and with the sound of the horn ,
with trumpets and with cymbals ,
making music with stringed instruments and harps .