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1 Chronicles 15:4

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2 Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

3 And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

5 From the Kohathites, Uriel the chief and 120 of his relatives;

6 from the Merarites, Asaiah the chief and 220 of his relatives;

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BSB
Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
KJV
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
WEB
David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
ASV
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
DARBY
And David gathered the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
BLB
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
ÅB
Og David kalte Arons barn og levittene sammen:
OTB
David kalte sammen sønnene til Aron og levittene:
B1930
Og David kalte Arons barn og levittene sammen:

Study notes (Tyndale)

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:16–30

    The sons of Levi: Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.

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  • 1 Chronicles 6:49–50

    But Aaron and his sons did all the work of the Most Holy Place. They presented the offerings on the altar of burnt offering and on the altar of incense to make atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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  • Exodus 6:16–22

    These were the names of the sons of Levi according to their records: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. Levi lived 137 years.

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  • Numbers 3:4

    Nadab and Abihu, however, died in the presence of the LORD when they offered unauthorized fire before the LORD in the Wilderness of Sinai. And since they had no sons, only Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests during the lifetime of their father Aaron.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:26–28

    From Levi: 4,600,

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