And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:
Parallel translations
- WEB David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
- BSB Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:
- NKJV Then David assembled the children of Aaron and the Levites:
- NASB David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
- NLT This is the number of the descendants of Aaron (the priests) and the Levites who were called together:
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Quick answer
David gathered the descendants of Aaron and the Levites for the task. He assembled the proper, God-appointed bearers and ministers.
Overview
David carefully summoned the priests (sons of Aaron) and the Levites, the only ones authorized to handle and transport the ark. This deliberate gathering of the right people contrasts with the earlier disregard of God's order. The verse begins a detailed listing that stresses David's scrupulous concern to do everything according to God's instructions.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 5
- 1 Chr 6:49–50But Aaron and his sons offered upon the altar of the burnt offering, and on the altar of incense, and were appointed for all the work of the place most holy, and to make an atonement for Israel, according to all that Moses the servant of God had commanded.
- 1 Chr 6:16–30The sons of Levi; Gershom, Kohath, and Merari.
- Exod 6:16–22And these are the names of the sons of Levi according to their generations; Gershon, and Kohath, and Merari: and the years of the life of Levi were an hundred thirty and seven years.
- Num 3:4And Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD, when they offered strange fire before the LORD, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children: and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest’s office in the sight of Aaron their father.
- 1 Chr 12:26–28Of the children of Levi four thousand and six hundred.
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