World English Bible
2 Samuel 6:13
“It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.”
Verse in context — 2 Samuel 6
The ark of Yahweh remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite three months: and Yahweh blessed Obed-Edom, and all his house.
It was told king David, saying, "Yahweh has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that pertains to him, because of the ark of God." David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into the city of David with joy.
It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of Yahweh had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
David danced before Yahweh with all his might; and David was clothed in a linen ephod.
So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of Yahweh with shouting, and with the sound of the trumpet.
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David’s reign as king, his triumphs and failures, and God’s covenant with him.
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