1 Chronicles 15:12

12 and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, to [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 `Uzzi'el, `Amminadav the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.

11 David called for Tzadok and Avyatar the Kohanim, and for the Levites, for Uri'el, `Asayah, and Yo'el, Shemayah, and Eli'el, and `Amminadav,

12 and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.

13 For because you didn't carry it at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.

14 So the Kohanim and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.