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1 He made also houses for himself in the city of David: and built a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tabernacle for it.
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David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.
2 Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.
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Then David commanded that no one but the Levites were to carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.
3 And he gathered all Israel together into Jerusalem, that the ark of God might be brought into its place, which he had prepared for it.
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David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 And the sons of Aaron also, and the Levites.
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Then David gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
5 Of the children of Caath, Uriel was the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty.
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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, with one hundred twenty of his kindred;
6 Of the sons of Merari, Asaia the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.
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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, with two hundred twenty of his kindred;
7 Of the sons of Gersom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty.
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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, with one hundred thirty of his kindred;
8 Of the sons of Elisaphan, Semeias the chief: and his brethren two hundred.
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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, with two hundred of his kindred;
9 Of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief: and his brethren eighty.
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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, with eighty of his kindred;
10 Of the sons of Oziel, Aminadab the chief: and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
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of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, with one hundred twelve of his kindred.
11 And David called Sadoc, and Abiathar the priests, and the Levites, Uriel, Asaia, Joel, Semeia, Eliel, and Aminadab:
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David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12 And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:
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He said to them, "You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
13 Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.
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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."
14 So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
15 And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as Moses had commanded, according to the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.
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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.
16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites, to appoint some of their brethren to be singers with musical instruments, to wit, on psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, that the joyful noise might resound on high.
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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.
17 And they appointed Levites, Hemam the son of Joel, and of his brethren Asaph the son of Barachias: and of the sons of Merari, their brethren: Ethan the son of Casaia.
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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;
18 And with them their brethren: in the second rank, Zacharias, and Ben, and Jaziel, and Semiramoth, and Jahiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Banaias, and Maasias, and Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias, and Obededom, and Jehiel, the porters.
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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.
19 Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass.
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The singers Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound bronze cymbals;
20 And Zacharias, and Oziel, and Semiramoth, and Jehiel, and Ani, and Eliab, and Maasias, and Banaias, sung mysteries upon psalteries.
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Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play harps according to Alamoth;
21 And Mathathias, and Eliphalu, and Macenias and Obededom, and Jehiel and Ozaziu, sung a song of victory for the octave upon harps.
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but Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah were to lead with lyres according to the Sheminith.
22 And Chonenias chief of the Levites, presided over the prophecy, to give out the tunes: for he was very skilful.
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Chenaniah, leader of the Levites in music, was to direct the music, for he understood it.
23 And Barachias, and Elcana, were doorkeepers of the ark.
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Berechiah and Elkanah were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
24 And Sebenias, and Josaphat, and Nathanael, and Amasai, and Zacharias, and Banaias, and Eliezer the priests, sounded with trumpets, before the ark of God: and Obededom and Jehias were porters of the ark.
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Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, were to blow the trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-edom and Jehiah also were to be gatekeepers for the ark.
25 So David and all the ancients of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the house of Obededom with joy.
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So David and the elders of Israel, and the commanders of the thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
26 And when God had helped the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they offered in sacrifice seven oxen, and seven rams.
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And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
27 And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites that carried the ark, and the singing men, and Chonenias the ruler of the prophecy among the singers: and David also had on him an ephod of linen.
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David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, as also were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the leader of the music of the singers; and David wore a linen ephod.
28 And all Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and sounding with the sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and cymbals, and psalteries, and harps.
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So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouting, to the sound of the horn, trumpets, and cymbals, and made loud music on harps and lyres.
29 And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord was come to the city of David, Michol the daughter of Saul looking out at a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.
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As the ark of the covenant of the Lord came to the city of David, Michal daughter of Saul looked out of the window, and saw King David leaping and dancing; and she despised him in her heart.
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