So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel.
Parallel translations
- KJV So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
- BSB So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.
- NKJV So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
- NASB So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.
- NLT So the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to bring the Ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to Jerusalem.
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Quick answer
The priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark. They obeyed David's call to holiness in preparation.
Overview
In response to David's charge, the priests and Levites sanctified themselves for the sacred task. Their obedient consecration shows the leaders taking God's holiness seriously after the earlier failure. This readiness to be made holy before serving God models the truth that those who would minister before Him must first be cleansed, a need fully met in Christ's once-for-all sanctifying work.
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Cross-references · 4
- Lev 10:3Then 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 Chr 29:15They gathered their brothers, sanctified themselves, and went in, according to the commandment of the king by Yahweh’s words, to cleanse Yahweh’s house.
- Joel 2:16–17Gather 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.
- 2 Chr 29:34But the priests were too few, so that they could not flay 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.
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