1 Chronicles 15:12

12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; ¹consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel ²to the place that I have prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 15:12 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:12

And he said unto them, ye are the chief of the fathers of the
Levites
Of the families of the Levites, heads of their fathers' houses:

sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren;
respectively under each, whose numbers are before given, by washing their bodies and clothes, and abstaining from their wives:

that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the
place that I have prepared for it;
( 2 Samuel 6:17 ) .

1 Chronicles 15:12 In-Context

10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and 112 of his relatives.

11 Then David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab,

12 and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' households of the Levites; consecrate yourselves both you and your relatives, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place that I have prepared for it.

13 "Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."

14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

Cross References

• 1. Exodus 19:14, 15; 2 Chronicles 35:6
• 2. 1 Chronicles 15:1, 3