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from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200;
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from the clan of Hebron, Eliel, in charge of 80;
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and from the clan of Uzziel, Amminadab, in charge of 112.
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David called in the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the six Levites, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
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He said to the Levites, "You are the leaders of the Levite clans. Purify yourselves and your fellow Levites, so that you can bring the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
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Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the Lord our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done."
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Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel.
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The Levites carried it on poles on their shoulders, as the Lord had commanded through Moses.
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David commanded the leaders of the Levites to assign various Levites to sing and to play joyful music on harps and cymbals.
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From the clans of singers they chose the following men to play the brass cymbals: Heman son of Joel, his relative Asaph son of Berechiah, and Ethan son of Kushaiah, of the clan of Merari. To assist them they chose the following Levites to play the high-pitched harps: Zechariah, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah. To play the low-pitched harps they chose the following Levites: Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Azaziah, and the Temple guards, Obed Edom and Jeiel.