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1 Chronicles 15:13
13The first time that we tried to bring it here, you did not carry it. Because of that, the Lord our God punished us. He did that because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.’
1 Chronicles 15:13 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
- New International Version (NIV)It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)Because you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule."
- New King James Version (NKJV)For because you did not do it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
Context of 1 Chronicles 15:13
11Then David told the priests Zadok and Abiathar to come to him. He also told these Levites to come: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab. 12David said to them, ‘You are the leaders of the Levites' clans. You and your relatives must make yourselves holy. Then you will be able to carry the Covenant Box of the Lord, Israel's God. You must bring it to the place that I have prepared for it. The first time that we tried to bring it here, you did not carry it. Because of that, the Lord our God punished us. He did that because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.’ 14So the priests and the other Levites made themselves holy. Then they could carry the Covenant Box of the Lord, Israel's God. 15The Levites carried God's Covenant Box with its poles on their shoulders. That is how God had commanded Moses that they should carry it.
Read all of 1 Chronicles 151 Chronicles 15:13 word by word
כִּ֛י לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה לֹ֣א אַתֶּ֑ם פָּרַ֨ץ יְהוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בָּ֔נוּ כִּי־לֹ֥א דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Chronicles 15:13
- 1 Chronicles 13:7The people put God's Covenant Box on a new cart. They took it out of Abinadab's house. Uzzah and Ahio were leading the cart.
- 1 Chronicles 13:10The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he had touched the Covenant Box. He knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside God's Covenant Box.
- 2 Samuel 6:7The Lord was very angry with Uzzah because he did not respect God's rules. He immediately knocked Uzzah down to the ground. Uzzah died there, beside the Covenant Box.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, ‘Only the Levites may carry God's Covenant Box. The Lord chose them to do that. He chose them to serve him for ever.’
- Numbers 4:15When the camp is ready to move, the men from Kohath's clan must be ready to carry all those things. But they must wait until Aaron and his sons have covered God's Holy Tent and all its holy things. The men from Kohath's clan must not touch the holy things. They will die if they touch the holy things. These are the jobs of Kohath's clan. They must carry the things from the Tent of Meeting when the Israelites travel.
- Numbers 7:9But the descendants of Kohath had to carry everything that was special on their shoulders. So Moses did not give any carts or oxen to the descendants of Kohath.
- Deuteronomy 31:9Moses wrote down all the rules of God's Law. He gave them to the Levite priests who carry the Lord's Covenant Box. He also gave them to the leaders of the Israelites.
- 2 Chronicles 30:17Many of the people had not made themselves properly clean. So they could not kill their lambs for the Passover and offer them to the Lord. The Levites had to kill the lambs for those people instead.
- Proverbs 28:13Anyone who hides his sins will never do well. But God will forgive somebody, if he agrees that he has done wrong things, and if he turns away from his sins.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2I praise you, because you remember me and everything that I taught you. You continue to obey the message that I gave to you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:40But you must do everything in a proper way that helps people.
- 1 John 1:8If we say that we never do any wrong thing, we are deceiving ourselves. Even though we may think it is true, it is a lie.
Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 15:13
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13The “due order” was that the ark should be borne on the shoulders of Kohathite Levites - not that it should be placed upon a cart, drawn by oxen, and rudely shaken.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 13See 1 Chronicles 13:1–10.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-241Ch 15:1-24. David Brings the Ark from Obededom. 1. David made him houses in the city of David--Through the liberality of his Tyrian ally (1Ch 14:1), David was enabled to erect not only a palace for himself, but to furnish suitable accommodation for his numerous family. Where polygamy prevails, each wife has a separate house or suite of apartments for herself and children. prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent--that is, made an…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Chronicles 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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