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1 Chronicles 15:13

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

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Parallel Translations

  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV 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.

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

    For because ye bore it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

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Cross-references (12)

Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 15:13 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • 2 Samuel 6:3 They set God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house that was on the hill; and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drove the new cart.
  • 1 Corinthians 14:40 Let all things be done decently and in order.
  • 1 Corinthians 11:2 Now I praise you, brothers, that you remember me in all things, and hold firm the traditions, even as I delivered them to you.
  • 1 John 1:8-10 If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and righteous to forgive us the sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we haven’t sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.
  • Numbers 4:15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp moves forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to carry it; but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. The sons of Kohath shall carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
  • Numbers 7:9 But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
  • Deuteronomy 31:9 Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of Yahweh’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
  • 2 Samuel 6:7-8 Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzzah; and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by God’s ark. David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzzah; and he called that place Perez Uzzah, to this day.
  • 1 Chronicles 13:7-11 They carried God’s ark on a new cart, and brought it out of Abinadab’s house; and Uzza and Ahio drove the cart. David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets. When they came to Chidon’s threshing floor, Uzza put out his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. Yahweh’s anger burned against Uzza, and he struck him, because he put his hand on the ark; and he died there before God. David was displeased, because Yahweh had broken out against Uzza. He called that place Perez Uzza, to this day.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:2 Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
  • Proverbs 28:13 He who conceals his sins doesn’t prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them finds mercy.
  • 2 Chronicles 30:17-20 For there were many in the assembly who had not sanctified themselves: therefore the Levites were in charge of killing the Passovers for everyone who was not clean, to sanctify them to Yahweh. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet they ate the Passover other than the way it is written. For Hezekiah had prayed for them, saying, “May the good Yahweh pardon everyone who sets his heart to seek God, Yahweh, the God of his fathers, even if they aren’t clean according to the purification of the sanctuary.” Yahweh listened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

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Explain this verse (12 sources)

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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain According as he hath appointed in the law.

According as he hath appointed in the law.

Geneva Bible (1599) marginal notes — public domain.

John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 15:13 For because ye [did it] not at…
Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain Because ye did it not at the first; because…
John Gill 1763 · Public Domain For because ye did it not at the first,....…
Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain The “due order” was that the ark should be…
Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary 1859 · Public Domain Struck us. He partakes in the misfortune of Oza.…
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 13. ye did it not] R.V. ye bare it…
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers 1878 · Public Domain (13) For because ye did it not at the…
The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain This verse purports to say that the Levites had…
The Biblical Illustrator 1887 · Public Domain For that ye sought Him not after the due…
unfoldingWord translationNotes 2017 · CC BY-SA 4.0 You did not carry it
Tyndale Open Study Notes 2022 · CC BY-SA 4.0 15:13 See 13:1-10.

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