Leeser(i)
2 Then said David, None shall carry the ark of God but the Levites; for of them hath the Lord made choice to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
3 And David assembled all Israel to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the Lord unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
4 And David gathered together the children of Aaron, and the Levites.
5 Of the sons of Kehath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twenty.
6 Of the sons of Merari: ‘Assayah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.
7 Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren one hundred and thirty.
8 Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shema’yah the chief, and his brethren two hundred.
9 Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren eighty.
10 Of the sons of ‘Uzziel: ‘Amminadab the chief, and his brethren one hundred and twelve.
11 And David called for Zadok and Ebyathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, ‘Assayah, and Joel, Shema’yah, and Eliel, and ‘Amminadab,
12 And he said unto them, Ye are the chiefs of the family divisions of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and bring up the ark of the Lord the God of Israel unto the place which I have prepared for it.
13 For, because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among us; because we had not sought him after the prescribed manner.
14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.