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Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God burst out against us, because we did not give it proper care."
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
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And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
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David also commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their kindred as the singers to play on musical instruments, on harps and lyres and cymbals, to raise loud sounds of joy.
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So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; and of his kindred Asaph son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari, their kindred, Ethan son of Kushaiah;
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and with them their kindred of the second order, Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, and Mikneiah, and the gatekeepers Obed-edom and Jeiel.
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The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound bronze cymbals;
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Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;
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but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
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Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music, for he understood it.
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Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.