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1 Chronicles 15:4

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2 Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

5 Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty:

6 Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:

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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:

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Cross references

  • 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 offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.

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  • Exodus 6:16–22

    And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.

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  • Numbers 3:4

    And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.

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  • 1 Chronicles 12:26–28

    Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.

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