1 Chronicles 15:14

14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:14 Meaning and Commentary

1 Chronicles 15:14

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves
As they were ordered, and in the manner they should:

to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel;
for though it was chiefly the work of the Levites, yet the priests might do it, and sometimes did, see ( Joshua 3:13 Joshua 3:14 ) ( 6:6 ) .

1 Chronicles 15:14 In-Context

12 and said unto them, "Ye are the chiefs of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

13 For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, for we sought Him not after the due order."

14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

15 And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

16 And David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music: psalteries and harps and cymbals sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.