1 Chronicles 15:12-16 and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto the place that I have prepared for it.

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12 H559 and said H7218 unto them, Ye are the heads H1 of the fathers' H3881 houses of the Levites: H6942 sanctify H251 yourselves, both ye and your brethren, H5927 that ye may bring up H727 the ark H3068 of Jehovah, H430 the God H3478 of Israel, H3559 unto the place that I have prepared for it.

13 H7223 For because ye bare it not at the first, H3068 Jehovah H430 our God H6555 made a breach H1875 upon us, for that we sought H4941 him not according to the ordinance.

14 H3548 So the priests H3881 and the Levites H6942 sanctified H5927 themselves to bring up H727 the ark H3068 of Jehovah, H430 the God H3478 of Israel.

15 H1121 And the children H3881 of the Levites H5375 bare H727 the ark H430 of God H3802 upon their shoulders H4133 with the staves H4872 thereon, as Moses H6680 commanded H1697 according to the word H3068 of Jehovah.

16 H1732 And David H559 spake H8269 to the chief H3881 of the Levites H5975 to appoint H251 their brethren H7891 the singers, H3627 with instruments H7892 of music, H5035 psalteries H3658 and harps H4700 and cymbals, H8085 sounding H7311 aloud and lifting up H6963 the voice H8057 with joy.