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for because ye did not
do it thus at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us because we did not seek him according to his ordinance.
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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
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And the sons of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD.
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And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint of their brethren as singers with instruments of music, with psalteries and harps and cymbals sounding, and to lift up their voice with joy.
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So the Levites appointed Heman, the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph, the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari and of their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah,
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and with them their brethren of the second order, Zechariah, Ben, Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obededom, and Jeiel, the porters.
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, raised their voices with cymbals of brass;
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and Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth.
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And Mattithiah, Elipheleh, Mikneiah, Obededom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
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And Chenaniah, prince of the Levites in prophecy, for he presided in prophecy, because he
had understanding.
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And Berechiah and Elkanah
were doorkeepers for the ark.