The Assembly and the Priests

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David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.

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David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites:

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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;

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of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;

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of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;

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of the sons of Elizaphan, Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred;

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of the sons of Hebron, Eliel the chief, and his brothers eighty;

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of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brothers one hundred twelve.

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David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

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and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ households of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

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For because you didn’t carry it at first, the LORD our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”

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So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

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The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the its poles, as Moses commanded according to the LORD’s word.

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