1 Chronicles 15:12-16 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.

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12 H559 And said [H8799] H7218 unto them, Ye are the chief H1 of the fathers H3881 of the Levites H6942 : sanctify [H8690] H251 yourselves, both ye and your brethren H5927 , that ye may bring up [H8689] H727 the ark H3068 of the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel H3559 unto the place that I have prepared [H8689] for it.

13 H7223 For because ye did it not at the first H3068 , the LORD H430 our God H6555 made a breach [H8804] H1875 upon us, for that we sought [H8804] H4941 him not after the due order.

14 H3548 So the priests H3881 and the Levites H6942 sanctified [H8691] H5927 themselves to bring up [H8687] H727 the ark H3068 of the LORD H430 God H3478 of Israel.

15 H1121 And the children H3881 of the Levites H5375 bare [H8799] H727 the ark H430 of God H3802 upon their shoulders H4133 with the staves H4872 thereon, as Moses H6680 commanded [H8765] H1697 according to the word H3068 of the LORD.

16 H1732 And David H559 spake [H8799] H8269 to the chief H3881 of the Levites H5975 to appoint [H8687] H251 their brethren H7891 to be the singers [H8789] H3627 with instruments H7892 of musick H5035 , psalteries H3658 and harps H4700 and cymbals H8085 , sounding [H8688] H7311 , by lifting up [H8687] H6963 the voice H8057 with joy.