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1 Chronicles 15:26

24 Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer—the priests—were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah were also to be guardians of the ark.

25 So David, the elders of Israel, and the commanders of thousands went with rejoicing to bring the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom.

And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.

27 Now David was dressed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, as well as the singers and Chenaniah, the director of music for the singers. David also wore a linen ephod.

28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.

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BSB
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
KJV
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.
WEB
When God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
ASV
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
DARBY
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
BLB
And it came to pass, in God helping the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of YHWH, that they offered seven bulls and seven rams.
ÅB
Og da nå Gud hjalp levittene som bar Herrens pakts-ark, ofret de syv okser og syv værer.
OTB
Og fordi Gud hjalp levittene som bar Herrens paktsark,
ofret de syv okser og syv værer.
B1930
Og da nu Gud hjalp levittene som bar Herrens pakts-ark, ofret de syv okser og syv værer.

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  • Numbers 23:29

    Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”

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  • Job 42:8

    So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”

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  • Psalms 66:13–15

    I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—

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  • 1 Chronicles 29:14

    But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.

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  • Ezekiel 45:23

    Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.

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  • 1 Samuel 7:12

    Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”

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  • Numbers 29:32

    On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,

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  • 2 Corinthians 3:5

    Not that we are competent in ourselves to claim that anything comes from us, but our competence comes from God.

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