1 Chronicles 15:13 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹³ For because ye bare it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹³ For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹³ For because you bore it not [as God directed] at the first, the Lord our God broke forth upon us–because we did not seek Him in the way He ordained. [Num. 1:50; I Chron. 13:7-10.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

¹³ When you weren’t with us the first time, the LORD our God burst out against us because we didn’t ask his advice properly.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹³ Otherwise, as it was before, when the Lord struck us because you were not present, so also it might be now, if we do what is illicit."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹³ Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.

1 Chronicles 15:13 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:3

And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in the hill: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

1 Chronicles 13:3

and let us bring again the ark of our God to us: for we sought not unto it in the days of Saul.

1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Proverbs 28:13

He that covereth his transgressions shall not prosper: But whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall obtain mercy.

Numbers 4:15

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 7:9

But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

1 Corinthians 11:2

Now I praise you that ye remember me in all things, and hold fast the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.

1 Corinthians 14:40

But let all things be done decently and in order.

Deuteronomy 31:9

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.