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Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
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David assembled all Yisra'el at Yerushalayim, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.
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David gathered together the sons of Aharon, and the Levites:
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of the sons of Kehat, Uri'el the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
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of the sons of Merari, `Asayah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;
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of the sons of Gershom, Yo'el the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;
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of the sons of Elitzafan, Shemayah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;
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of the sons of Hevron, Eli'el the chief, and his brothers eighty;
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of the sons of `Uzzi'el, `Amminadav the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.
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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,
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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.