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.
1 Chronicles 15:14 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. American Standard Version (1901) So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel. Common English Bible So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to bring up the chest of the LORD, Israel’s God. Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, the priests and the Levites were sanctified, so that they might carry the ark of the Lord God of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel. |
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.
And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded, according to the word of the Lord.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay all the burnt offerings: wherefore their brethren the Levites did help them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
And it came to pass, when the priests were come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then wait by course:
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves, and purified the people, and the gates, and the wall.
Then Moses said unto Aaron, This is it that the Lord spake, saying, I will be sanctified in them that come nigh me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.