1 Chronicles 15:13

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11 And David called for ^aZadok and ^bAbiathar the priests, and for the Levites: for Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.

12 He said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

13 For ^abecause you did not do it the first time, ^bthe Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him¹ about the proper order.”

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

15 And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders, by its poles, as ^aMoses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

16 Then David spoke to the leaders of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers accompanied by instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, by raising the voice with resounding joy.

17 So the Levites appointed ^aHeman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, ^bAsaph the son of Berechiah; and of their brethren, the sons of Merari, ^cEthan the son of Kushaiah;

Verse Comparison: 1 Chronicles 15:13

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American Standard Version
For because ye `bare it' not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

Amplified® Bible
For because you bore it not [as God directed] at the first, the Lord our God broke forth upon us--because we did not seek Him in the way He ordained.

Contemporary English Version
The first time we tried to bring the chest to Jerusalem, we didn't ask the LORD what he wanted us to do. He was angry at us, because you Levites weren't there to carry the chest."

Darby English Version
For because ye did [it] not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

Good News Bible
Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the LORD our God punished us for not worshiping him as we should have done."

King James Version
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

New American Standard Bible
"Because you did not {carry it} at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."

New International Version
It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way."

New King James Version
For because you did not do it the first time, the LORD our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."

Revised Standard Version
Because you did not carry it the first time, the LORD our God broke forth upon us, because we did not care for it in the way that is ordained."

Young's Literal Translation
because at the first `it was' not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

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