1 Chronicles 15:12 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹² He said to them, “You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹² and said unto them, Ye are the chief 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.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹² And said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹² 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.

Common English Bible

¹² He said to them, “You are the household heads of the Levites. Make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, and then bring the chest of the LORD, Israel’s God, to the place I’ve prepared for it.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹² And he said to them: "You who are the leaders of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brothers, and bring the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place that has been prepared for it.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹² And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren; and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

1 Chronicles 15:12 Cross References

1 Chronicles 15:1

David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

1 Chronicles 15:14

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

1 Chronicles 15:3

David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 16:1

They brought in the ark of God and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God.

1 Chronicles 24:31

These also cast lots corresponding to their kindred, the descendants of Aaron, in the presence of King David, Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of ancestral houses of the priests and of the Levites, the chief as well as the youngest brother.

1 Chronicles 9:34

These were heads of ancestral houses of the Levites, according to their generations; these leaders lived in Jerusalem.

2 Chronicles 1:2

Solomon summoned all Israel, the commanders of the thousands and of the hundreds, the judges, and all the leaders of all Israel, the heads of families.

2 Chronicles 1:4

(But David had brought the ark of God up from Kiriath-jearim to the place that David had prepared for it, for he had pitched a tent for it in Jerusalem.)

2 Chronicles 30:15

They slaughtered the Passover lamb on the fourteenth day of the second month. The priests and the Levites were ashamed, and they sanctified themselves and brought burnt offerings into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 35:6

Slaughter the Passover lamb, sanctify yourselves, and on behalf of your kindred make preparations, acting according to the word of the Lord by Moses.”

2 Chronicles 5:11

Now when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests who were present had sanctified themselves, without regard to their divisions),

2 Chronicles 5:2

Then Solomon assembled the elders of Israel and all the heads of the tribes, the leaders of the ancestral houses of the people of Israel, in Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord out of the city of David, which is Zion.

Nehemiah 13:22

And I commanded the Levites that they should purify themselves and come and guard the gates, to keep the Sabbath day holy. Remember this also in my favor, O my God, and spare me according to the greatness of your steadfast love.

Isaiah 52:11

Depart, depart, go out from there! Touch no unclean thing; go out from the midst of it; purify yourselves, you who carry the vessels of the Lord.

Ezekiel 48:11

As for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok who kept my charge, who did not go astray when the people of Israel went astray, as the Levites did,

John 17:17

Sanctify them in the truth; your word is truth.