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1 Chronicles 15:14

Purity

12 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.

13 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.

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

15 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.

16 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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BSB
So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
KJV
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
WEB
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
ASV
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
DARBY
So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
BLB
And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of YHWH, God of Israel;
ÅB
Da helliget prestene og levittene seg for å føre Herrens. Israels Guds ark opp.
OTB
Slik helliget prestene og levittene seg for å føre opp Herrens, Israels Guds ark.
B1930
Da helliget prestene og levittene sig for å føre Herrens. Israels Guds ark op.

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Cross references

  • 2 Chronicles 29:34

    But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.

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  • Leviticus 10:3

    Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the LORD spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.

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  • 2 Chronicles 29:15

    And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.

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  • Joel 2:16–17

    Gather the people, sanctify the congregation, assemble the elders, gather the children, and those that suck the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth of his chamber, and the bride out of her closet.

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