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Christian Standard Bible ®

1 Chronicles 15:14

So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

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

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

1David built houses for himself in the city of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.” 3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem to bring the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it. 4Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites: 5From the Kohathites, Uriel the leader and 120 of his relatives; 6from the Merarites, Asaiah the leader and 220 of his relatives; 7from the Gershomites, Joel the leader and 130 of his relatives; 8from the Elizaphanites, Shemaiah the leader and 200 of his relatives; 9from the Hebronites, Eliel the leader and 80 of his relatives; 10from the Uzzielites, Amminadab the leader and 112 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
After these events, the word of the Lord came to Abram in a vision:
Genesis 15:2
But Abram said, “Lord God, what can you give me, since I am childless and the heir of my house is Eliezer of Damascus?”
Genesis 15:4
Now the word of the Lord came to him: “This one will not be your heir; instead, one who comes from your own body will be your heir.”
Genesis 15:5
He took him outside and said, “Look at the sky and count the stars, if you are able to count them.” Then he said to him, “Your offspring will be that numerous.”
Genesis 15:6
Abram believed the Lord, and he credited it to him as righteousness.
Genesis 15:7
He also said to him, “I am the Lord who brought you from Ur of the Chaldeans to give you this land to possess.”
Genesis 15:9
He said to him, “Bring me a three-year-old cow, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
Genesis 15:11
Birds of prey came down on the carcasses, but Abram drove them away.
Genesis 15:14
However, I will judge the nation they serve, and afterward they will go out with many possessions.
Genesis 15:18
On that day the Lord made a covenant with Abram, saying, “I give this land to your offspring, from the Brook of Egypt to the great river, the Euphrates River:

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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