CLV(i)
1 And he makes for himself houses in the city of David, and prepares a place for the ark of Elohim, and stretches out for it a tent.
2 Then said David, `None [are] to carry the ark of Elohim, except the Levites, for on them has Yahweh fixed to carry the ark of Elohim, and to serve Him--unto the eon..
3 And David assembles all Israel unto Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Yahweh unto its place that he had prepared for it.
4 And David gathers the sons of Aaron, and the Levites.
5 Of sons of Kohath:Uriel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twenty.
6 Of sons of Merari:Asaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred and twenty.
7 Of sons of Gershom:Joel the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and thirty.
8 Of sons of Elizaphan:Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren, two hundred.
9 Of sons of Hebron:Eliel the chief, and his brethren, eighty.
10 Of sons of Uzziel:Amminadab the chief, and his brethren, a hundred and twelve.
11 And David calls to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, and to the Levites, to Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12 and said to them, `You [are] heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, and you have brought up the ark of Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, unto [the place] I have prepared for it;"
13 because at the first [it was] not you, Yahweh our Elohim made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance..
14 And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves, to bring up the ark of Yahweh, Elohim of Israel;"
15 and sons of the Levites bear the ark of Elohim, as Moses commanded, according to the word of Yahweh, on their shoulder, with staves, above them.
16 And David said to the heads of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of song, psalteries, and harps, and cymbals, sounding, to lift up with the voice for joy.
17 And the Levites appoint Heman son of Joel, and of his brethren, Asaph son of Berechiah, and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan son of Kushaiah;"