Thomson(i)
12 and said to them, You chiefs of the families of the Levites, purify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may carry up the ark of the God of Israel to the place which I have prepared for it;
13 for because you did not do this on the former occasion, our God made a breach among us, because we did not seek him with judgment.
14 So when the priests and the Levites had purified themselves to carry the ark of the God of Israel,
15 the Levites took up the ark of God, as Moses had by the word of the Lord ordered in writing, with the staves on their shoulders.
16 Now David had said to the chiefs of the Levites, Appoint your brethren, such as play on musical instruments, on nablas and kinyras, and cymbals, that they may make a loud sound with the voice of joy.