1 Chronicles 15:12-16 He said to them: "You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your brothers must perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy. Then bring the Ark of the LORD the God of Israel to the place I prepared for it.

VIN⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹² He said to them: "You are the heads of the Levite families. You and your brothers must perform the ceremonies to make yourselves holy. Then bring the Ark of the LORD the God of Israel to the place I prepared for it. ¹³ For because you didn’t carry it at first, the LORD our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.” ¹⁴ So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel. ¹⁵ The children of the Levites bore the ark of God with its poles on their shoulders, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD. ¹⁶ Then David ordered the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of song, musical instruments, stringed instruments, and cymbals, raising their voices for joy.