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I Chronicles
Chapter 15
1
And David made him
houses
in the city of David,
and
prepared a place for the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
pitched for it a tent.
2
Then David said,
None
ought to carry the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead but the Levites . . .
for
them has Jehovah/God chosen to carry the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead,
and
to minister unto Him forever.
3
And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem,
to
bring up the ark of Jehovah/God unto His place,
which
he {David} had prepared for it.
4
And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites.
5
Of the sons of Kohath;
Uriel
the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twenty.
6
Of the sons of Merari;
Asaiah
the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty.
7
Of the sons of Gershom;
Joel
the chief, and his brethren an hundred and thirty.
8
Of the sons of Elizaphan;
Shemaiah
the chief, and his brethren two hundred.
9
Of the sons of Hebron;
Eliel
the chief, and his brethren fourscore.
10
Of the sons of Uzziel;
Amminadab
the chief, and his brethren an hundred and twelve.
11
And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests,
and
for the Levites,
for
Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab, 12
and
said unto them,
"You
are the chief of the fathers of the Levites.
Sanctify
yourselves,
both
you and your brethren,
that
you may bring up the ark of Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel
unto
the place that I have prepared for it . . . 13
for
because you did it not at the first,
Jehovah/God
our 'Elohiym/Godhead
'broke
and destroyed' {parats} us,
for
that we sought Him not after the due order."
14
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves
to
bring up the ark of Jehovah/God
'Elohiym/Godhead
of Israel.
15
And the children of the Levites
carried
the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead
upon
their shoulders with the staves thereon,
as
Moses commanded
according
to the Word of Jehovah/God.
{Note:
'My Ways are not your ways'. It is always important to remember that
God gives us directions today through His written Word. It is as
important today to follow those instructions as it was for them in
this day.}
16
And David spoke to the chief of the Levites
to
appoint their brethren
to
be the singers with instruments of music,
psalteries
and harps and cymbals, sounding,
by
lifting up the voice with joy.
17
So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel;
and
of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah;
and
of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah; 18
and
with them their brethren of the second degree,
Zechariah,
Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and
Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah,
and
Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom,
and
Jeiel, the porters.
19
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan,
were
appointed to sound with cymbals of brass; 20
and
Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel,
and
Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah,
with
psalteries on Alamoth; 21
and
Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obededom,
and
Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith to excel.
22
And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was for song.
He
'taught {others} about the song . . . because he was skilful.
23
And Berechiah and Elkanah
were
doorkeepers for the ark.
24
And Shebaniah, and Jehoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai,
and
Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests,
did
blow with the trumpets before the ark of 'Elohiym/Godhead.
And
Obededom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
25
So David, and the elders of Israel,
and
the captains over thousands,
went
to bring up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God
out
of the house of Obededom with joy.
26
And it came to pass,
when
'Elohiym/Godhead helped the Levites
who
carried the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God . . .
that
they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
27
And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen,
and
all the Levites who carried the ark,
and
the singers,
and
Chenaniah the master of the song with the singers.
David
also had upon him an ephod of linen.
28
Thus all Israel brought up
the
ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God
with
shouting, and with sound of the cornet,
and
with trumpets, and with cymbals,
making
a noise with psalteries and harps.
29
And it came to pass,
as
the ark of the covenant of Jehovah/God
came
to the city of David,
that
Michal the daughter of Saul
looking
out at a window
saw
king David dancing and playing.
And
she despised him in her heart.
{Note:
RBT taught this in a parallel passage in II Samuel 6:16 and following.}
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