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Contemporary English Version

1 Chronicles 15:14

The priests and the Levites made themselves clean. They were now ready to carry the sacred chest

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Form;  

Dictionaries:

- Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Ark;   Levite;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Chronicles, Books of;   Kirjath-Jearim;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Amminadab;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Chronicles, I;   Priests and Levites;  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Hebrew Monarchy, the;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
Hebrew Names Version
So the Kohanim and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Yisra'el.
King James Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
English Standard Version
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel.
New Century Version
Then the priests and Levites prepared themselves for service to the Lord so they could carry the Ark of the Lord , the God of Israel.
New English Translation
The priests and Levites consecrated themselves so they could bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
Amplified Bible
So the priests and the Levites consecrated (dedicated) themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
New American Standard Bible
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
World English Bible
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Geneva Bible (1587)
So the Priestes and the Leuites sanctified them selues to bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel.
Legacy Standard Bible
So the priests and the Levites set themselves apart as holy to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Berean Standard Bible
So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Complete Jewish Bible
So the cohanim and L'vi'im consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of Adonai the God of Isra'el;
Darby Translation
So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Easy-to-Read Version
Then the priests and Levites made themselves holy so that they could carry the Holy Box of the Lord , the God of Israel.
George Lamsa Translation
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
Good News Translation
Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel.
Lexham English Bible
Then the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Literal Translation
And the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
So ye prestes & the Leuites halowed the selues, yt they mighte brynge vp the Arke of the LORDE God of Israel.
American Standard Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
Bible in Basic English
So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
So the priestes and the Leuites sanctified them selues, to fet the arke of the Lorde God of Israel.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
King James Version (1611)
So the Priestes and the Leuites sanctified themselues to bring vp the Arke of the Lord God of Israel.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, to bring up the ark of the God of Israel.
English Revised Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Therfor the preestis and dekenes weren halewid, that thei schulden bere the arke of the Lord God of Israel.
Update Bible Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Webster's Bible Translation
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
New King James Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
New Living Translation
So the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to bring the Ark of the Lord , the God of Israel, to Jerusalem.
New Life Bible
So the religious leaders and the Levites made themselves holy, to bring up the special box of the Lord God of Israel.
New Revised Standard
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
So the priests and the Levites hallowed themselves, - to bring up the ark of Yahweh, God of Israel.
Douay-Rheims Bible
So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.
Revised Standard Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
Young's Literal Translation
And the priests and the Levites sanctify themselves, to bring up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel;
THE MESSAGE
So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the Chest of the God of Israel. The Levites carried the Chest of God exactly as Moses, instructed by God , commanded—carried it with poles on their shoulders, careful not to touch it with their hands.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

Contextual Overview

1 David had several buildings built in Jerusalem, and he had a tent set up where the sacred chest would be kept. 2 He said, "Only Levites will be allowed to carry the chest, because the Lord has chosen them to do that work and to serve him forever." 3 Next, David invited everyone to come to Jerusalem and watch the sacred chest being carried to the place he had set up for it. 4 He also sent for Aaron's descendants and for the Levites. The Levites that came were: 5 Uriel, the leader of the Kohath clan, and one hundred twenty of his relatives; 6 Asaiah, the leader of the Merari clan, and two hundred twenty of his relatives; 7 Joel, the leader of the Gershon clan, and one hundred thirty of his relatives; 8 Shemaiah, the leader of the Elizaphan clan, and two hundred of his relatives; 9 Eliel, the leader of the Hebron clan, and eighty of his relatives; and 10 Amminadab, the leader of the Uzziel clan, with one hundred twelve of his relatives.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

sanctified: Leviticus 10:3, 2 Chronicles 29:15, 2 Chronicles 29:34, Joel 2:16, Joel 2:17

Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:12 - sanctify

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
Later the Lord spoke to Abram in a vision, "Abram, don't be afraid! I will protect you and reward you greatly."
Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, " Lord All-Powerful, you have given me everything I could ask for, except children. And when I die, Eliezer of Damascus will get all I own.
Genesis 15:4
The Lord replied, "No, he won't! You will have a son of your own, and everything you have will be his."
Genesis 15:5
Then the Lord took Abram outside and said, "Look at the sky and see if you can count the stars. That's how many descendants you will have."
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord , and the Lord was pleased with him.
Genesis 15:7
The Lord said to Abram, "I brought you here from Ur in Chaldea, and I gave you this land."
Genesis 15:9
Then the Lord told him, "Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a dove, and a young pigeon."
Genesis 15:11
And when birds came down to eat the animals, Abram chased them away.
Genesis 15:18
At that time the Lord made an agreement with Abram and told him: I will give your descendants the land east of the Shihor River on the border of Egypt as far as the Euphrates River.
Genesis 15:19
They will possess the land of the Kenites, the Kenizzites, the Kadmonites,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves,.... As they were ordered, and in the manner they should:

to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel; for though it was chiefly the work of the Levites, yet the priests might do it, and sometimes did, see Joshua 3:13.


 
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