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And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
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And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Jehovah unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
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And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:
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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;
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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;
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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;
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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;
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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;