World English Bible
1 Chronicles 15:13
“For because you didn't carry it at first, Yahweh our God made broke out against us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.”
Verse in context — 1 Chronicles 15
David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.
For because you didn't carry it at first, Yahweh our God made broke out against us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
The children of the Levites bore the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Yahweh.
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Genealogies and David’s reign, emphasizing temple worship.
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