1 Chronicles 15:14

Bible in Basic English (1941)

So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

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Referenced Verses

  • Lev 10:3 : 3 Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the Lord said, I will be holy in the eyes of all those who come near to me, and I will be honoured before all the people. And Aaron said nothing.
  • 2 Chr 29:15 : 15 And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.
  • 2 Chr 29:34 : 34 There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.
  • Joel 2:16-17 : 16 Get the people together, make the mass of the people holy, send for the old men, get together the children and babies at the breast: let the newly married man come out of his room and the bride from her tent. 17 Let the priests, the servants of the Lord, be weeping between the covered way and the altar, and let them say, Have mercy on your people, O Lord, do not give up your heritage to shame, so that the nations become their rulers: why let them say among the peoples, Where is their God?

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • 1 Chr 15:11-13
    3 verses
    87%

    11And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,

    12And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

    13For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

  • 1 Chr 15:15
    82%

    15And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.

  • 1 Kgs 8:3-4
    2 verses
    81%

    3And all the responsible men of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

    4They took up the ark of the Lord, and the Tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests and the Levites took up.

  • 2 Chr 5:4-5
    2 verses
    80%

    4All the responsible men of Israel came, and the Levites took up the ark.

    5They took up the ark and the Tent of meeting and all the holy vessels which were in the Tent; all these the priests, the Levites, took up.

  • 1 Sam 7:1
    80%

    1So the men of Kiriath-jearim came and took the ark of the Lord to the house of Abinadab in Gibeah, and they made his son Eleazar holy and put the ark in his care.

  • 1 Chr 15:1-4
    4 verses
    79%

    1And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

    2Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

    3And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

    4And David got together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

  • 2 Chr 29:15-16
    2 verses
    78%

    15And they got their brothers together and made themselves holy, and went in, as the king had said by the word of the Lord, to make the house of the Lord clean.

    16And the priests went into the inner part of the house of the Lord to make it clean, and everything unclean which was to be seen in the Temple of the Lord they took out into the outer square of the Lord's house, and the Levites got it together and took it away to the stream Kidron.

  • 2 Chr 5:11
    78%

    11Now when the priests had come out of the holy place, (for all the priests who were present had made themselves holy, not keeping to their divisions;

  • 1 Chr 15:25-26
    2 verses
    77%

    25So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

    26And when God gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, they made an offering of seven oxen and seven sheep.

  • 2 Chr 29:5
    77%

    5And said to them, Give ear to me, O Levites: now make yourselves holy, and make holy the house of the Lord, the God of your fathers, and take away everything unclean from the holy place.

  • 2 Chr 29:34
    77%

    34There were not enough priests for the work of cutting up all the burned offerings; so their brothers the Levites gave them help till the work was done and the priests had made themselves holy: for the Levites were more upright in heart to make themselves holy than the priests.

  • 1 Chr 16:4
    75%

    4And he put some of the Levites before the ark of the Lord as servants, to keep the acts of the Lord in memory, and to give worship and praise to the Lord, the God of Israel:

  • 1 Chr 16:1
    75%

    1Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

  • Josh 3:3
    75%

    3Giving the people their orders, and saying, When you see the ark of the agreement of the Lord your God lifted up by the priests, the Levites, then get up from your places and go after it;

  • 2 Chr 35:3
    75%

    3And he said to the Levites, the teachers of all Israel, who were holy to the Lord, See, the holy ark is in the house which Solomon, the son of David, king of Israel, made; it will no longer have to be transported on your backs: now be the servants of the Lord your God and his people Israel,

  • 2 Sam 15:29
    75%

    29So Zadok and Abiathar took the ark of God back to Jerusalem, and did not go away from there.

  • 1 Chr 15:28
    74%

    28So all Israel took up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, with loud cries and with horns and brass and corded instruments sounding loudly.

  • 2 Chr 5:7
    74%

    7And the priests took the ark of the Lord's agreement and put it in its place, in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

  • 2 Chr 35:14
    74%

    14And after that, they made ready for themselves and for the priests; for the priests, the sons of Aaron, were offering the burned offerings and the fat till night; so the Levites made ready what was needed for themselves and for the priests, the sons of Aaron.

  • 1 Sam 6:15
    74%

    15Then the Levites took down the ark of the Lord and the chest in which were the gold images, and put them on the great stone: and the men of Beth-shemesh made burned offerings and gave worship that day before the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 22:19
    74%

    19Now give your heart and soul to the worship of the Lord your God; and get to work on the building of the holy place of the Lord God, so that you may put the ark of the Lord's agreement and the holy vessels of God in the house which is to be made for the name of the Lord.

  • 1 Chr 13:6-7
    2 verses
    74%

    6And David went up, with all Israel, to Baalah, that is, to Kiriath-jearim in Judah, to get up from there the ark of God, over which the holy Name is named, the name of the Lord whose place is between the winged ones.

    7And they put the ark of God on a new cart, and took it out of the house of Abinadab; and Uzza and Ahio were the drivers of the cart.

  • Josh 3:14
    74%

    14So when the people went out from their tents to go over Jordan, the priests who took up the ark of the agreement were in front of the people;

  • 2 Chr 30:15
    74%

    15Then on the fourteenth day of the second month they put the Passover lambs to death: and the priests and the Levites were shamed, and made themselves holy and took burned offerings into the house of the Lord.

  • 2 Chr 1:4
    74%

    4But the ark of God had been moved by David from Kiriath-jearim to the place which he had made ready for it, for he had put up a tent for it at Jerusalem.

  • 2 Sam 6:15
    73%

    15So David and all the men of Israel took up the ark of the Lord with cries of joy and sounding of horns.

  • Josh 6:12
    73%

    12And early in the morning Joshua got up, and the priests took up the ark of the Lord.

  • Num 8:15
    73%

    15After that, the Levites will go in to do whatever has to be done in the Tent of meeting; you are to make them clean and give them as a wave offering.

  • Josh 3:6
    73%

    6Then Joshua said to the priests, Take up the ark of the agreement and go over in front of the people. So they took up the ark of the agreement and went in front of the people.

  • 1 Kgs 8:6
    73%

    6And the priests took the ark of the agreement of the Lord and put it in its place in the inner room of the house, in the most holy place, under the wings of the winged ones.

  • Exod 19:22
    73%

    22And let the priests who come near to the Lord make themselves holy, for fear that the Lord may come on them suddenly.

  • 2 Chr 30:17
    73%

    17For there were still a number of the people there who had not made themselves holy: so the Levites had to put Passover lambs to death for those who were not clean, to make them holy to the Lord.

  • 2 Sam 6:2
    73%

    2And David, and all the people who were with him, went to Baal of Judah to get the ark of God, over which the holy name is named, the name of the Lord of armies, whose place is between the winged ones.

  • Num 8:6
    73%

    6Take the Levites out from among the children of Israel and make them clean.

  • 2 Chr 6:41
    73%

    41Up! now, O Lord God, come back to your resting-place, you and the ark of your strength: let your priests, O Lord God, be clothed with salvation, and let your saints be glad in what is good.

  • 1 Chr 13:3
    72%

    3And let us get back for ourselves the ark of our God: for in the days of Saul we did not go to it for directions.

  • 1 Sam 6:21
    72%

    21And they sent men to the people living in Kiriath-jearim, saying, The Philistines have sent back the ark of the Lord; come and take it up to your country.

  • Ezra 8:30
    72%

    30So the priests and the Levites took the weight of silver and gold and the vessels, to take them to Jerusalem into the house of our God.

  • 2 Sam 6:13
    72%

    13And when those who were lifting the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, he made an offering of an ox and a fat young beast.

  • 1 Sam 14:18
    72%

    18And Saul said to Ahijah, Let the ephod come here. For he went before Israel with the ephod at that time.