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.
1 Chronicles 15:14 - New Revised Standard Version So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the 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. |
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.
And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.
They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in as the king had commanded, by the words of the Lord, to cleanse the house of the Lord.
But the priests were too few and could not skin all the burnt offerings, so, until other priests had sanctified themselves, their kindred, the Levites, helped them until the work was finished—for the Levites were more conscientious than the priests in sanctifying themselves.
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,
And the priests and the Levites purified themselves; and they purified the people and the gates and the wall.
Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what the Lord meant when he said, ‘Through those who are near me I will show myself holy, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” And Aaron was silent.