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1 Chronicles 15:14

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

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  • WEB World English Bible

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

  • KJV King James Version

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

  • JPS JPS Tanakh (1917)

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

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Cross-references (4)

Passages linked to 1 Chronicles 15:14 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.

  • Leviticus 10:3 Then Moses said to Aaron, “This is what Yahweh spoke of, saying, ‘I will show myself holy to those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified.’ ” Aaron held his peace.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:15 They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by Yahweh’s words, to cleanse Yahweh’s house.
  • 2 Chronicles 29:34 But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings. Therefore their brothers the Levites helped them, until the work was ended, and until the priests had sanctified themselves; for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
  • Joel 2:16-17 Gather the people. Sanctify the assembly. Assemble the elders. Gather the children, and those who nurse from breasts. Let the bridegroom go out of his room, and the bride out of her room. Let the priests, the ministers of Yahweh, weep between the porch and the altar, and let them say, “Spare your people, Yahweh, and don’t give your heritage to reproach, that the nations should rule over them. Why should they say among the peoples, ‘Where is their God?’ ”

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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 1Ch 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified…

1Ch 15:14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.

Ver. 14. So the priests and Levites sanctified themselves.] They replied not, We sufficiently understand our duties, and need not your instruction: but did as they were commanded.

John Trapp, A Commentary or Exposition upon All the Books of the Old and New Testament (1647–1656) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.

John Gill 1763 · Public Domain So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves,.... As…

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