Verse 12

And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.

Other Translations

• GT, oversatt fra Hebraisk

  Så sa han til dem: «Dere er lederne for levittenes familier. Hellige dere selv og deres brødre, så dere kan føre Herrens, Israels Guds, ark opp til det stedet jeg har klart for den.

• Moderne oversettelse av Bibelen fra 1611 KJV med hebraisk kontekst

  Han sa til dem: Dere er overhoder for levittenes fedre. Hellige dere, både dere og deres brødre, så dere kan føre Herrens, Israels Guds, ark opp til det stedet jeg har gjort i stand for den.

• Norsk King James

  og sa til dem: Dere er lederne for fedrene til levittene; helliggjør dere selv, så dere kan bringe HERRENs, Israels Guds, ark til det stedet jeg har forberedt for den.

• Modernisert Norsk Bibel 1866

  Han sa til dem: Dere er lederne for levittenes familier; hellige dere og deres brødre og før Herrens, Israels Guds, ark til det stedet jeg har gjort klar for den.

• Oversettelse av hebraiske Bibeltekster til moderne norsk bokmål

  Han sa til dem: Dere er levittenes ledere, helliggjør dere selv og deres brødre, og før Herrens, Israels Guds ark opp til det stedet jeg har forberedt for den.

• Bibelen: En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611

  og sa til dem: Dere er høvdinger blant leviske fedre; hellige dere, både dere og deres brødre, slik at dere kan føre Herrens, Israels Guds, ark opp til det stedet jeg har gjort klart for den.

• o3-mini KJV Norsk

  Han sa til dem: Dere er overhodene for levittenes fedre. Helliggjør dere selv, både dere og deres brødre, så dere kan føre Herrens Gud Israels ark opp til det stedet jeg har gjort klart for den.

• En Moderne Oversettelse av King James Version 1611 (mar 2025)

  og sa til dem: Dere er høvdinger blant leviske fedre; hellige dere, både dere og deres brødre, slik at dere kan føre Herrens, Israels Guds, ark opp til det stedet jeg har gjort klart for den.

• Lingvistisk bibeloversettelse fra grunntekst

  og han sa til dem: 'Dere er overhodene for levittenes familier. Hellige dere selv, dere og deres brødre, for å føre Herrens, Israels Guds, ark opp til det stedet jeg har gjort klar for den.'

• Linguistic Bible Translation from Source Texts

  He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. Consecrate yourselves, you and your relatives, so that you may bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I prepared for it.

• biblecontext

  { "verseID": "1 Chronicles.15.12", "source": "וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֛ם רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לַלְוִיִּ֑ם הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ אַתֶּ֣ם וַאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־הֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לֽוֹ׃", "text": "*wə-yōʾmer lāhem ʾattem rāšê hā-ʾāvôt la-ləwiyyim hitqaddəšû ʾattem wa-ʾăḥêkem wə-haʿălîtem ʾēt ʾărôn Yahweh ʾĕlōhê yiśrāʾēl ʾel-hăkînôtî lô*", "grammar": { "*wə-yōʾmer*": "conjunction + qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*lāhem*": "preposition with 3rd masculine plural suffix - to them", "*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural pronoun - you", "*rāšê*": "masculine plural construct - heads of", "*hā-ʾāvôt*": "definite article + masculine plural noun - the fathers", "*la-ləwiyyim*": "preposition + definite article + proper noun plural - for the Levites", "*hitqaddəšû*": "hitpael imperative masculine plural - sanctify yourselves", "*ʾattem*": "2nd masculine plural pronoun - you", "*wa-ʾăḥêkem*": "conjunction + masculine plural noun with 2nd masculine plural suffix - and your brothers", "*wə-haʿălîtem*": "conjunction + hiphil perfect 2nd masculine plural - and bring up", "*ʾēt*": "direct object marker", "*ʾărôn*": "masculine singular construct - ark", "*Yahweh*": "divine name", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "masculine plural construct - God of", "*yiśrāʾēl*": "proper noun - Israel", "*ʾel-hăkînôtî*": "preposition + hiphil perfect 1st common singular with suffix - to what I have prepared", "*lô*": "preposition with 3rd masculine singular suffix - for it" }, "variants": { "*yōʾmer*": "said/spoke/declared", "*rāšê*": "heads/chiefs/leaders", "*hā-ʾāvôt*": "the fathers/ancestral houses/patriarchal divisions", "*hitqaddəšû*": "sanctify yourselves/consecrate yourselves/purify yourselves", "*ʾăḥêkem*": "your brothers/your relatives/your kinsmen", "*haʿălîtem*": "bring up/elevate/raise", "*ʾărôn*": "ark/chest/box", "*ʾĕlōhê*": "God of/deity of", "*hăkînôtî*": "I have prepared/I have established/I have arranged" } }

• GT, oversatt fra hebraisk Aug2024

  Han sa til dem: 'Dere er overhoder for levittenes familier. Hellige dere selv og deres brødre og bring Herrens, Israels Guds, ark til det stedet jeg har forberedt for den.'

• Original Norsk Bibel 1866

  Og han sagde til dem: I ere Fædrenes Øverster iblandt Leviterne; helliger eder og eders Brødre, og fører Herrens, Israels Guds, Ark op (til det Sted), som jeg haver beredt til den.

• King James Version 1769 (Standard Version)

  And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

• KJV 1769 norsk

  Han sa til dem: Dere er lederne blant levittenes familier. Hellige dere, både dere og deres brødre, så dere kan bære Herrens, Israels Guds ark, til det stedet jeg har forberedt den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Webster

  Han sa til dem: Dere er overhodene for levittenes familier. Helliggjør dere selv, både dere og deres brødre, så dere kan føre Herrens, Israels Guds ark opp til stedet jeg har forberedt for den.

• Norsk oversettelse av Youngs Literal Translation

  Han sa til dem: 'Dere er overhodene for levittenes familier. Hellige dere, både dere og brødrene deres, så dere kan bringe opp Herrens, Israels Guds, ark til stedet jeg har gjort i stand for den.

• Norsk oversettelse av ASV1901

  og sa til dem: Dere er overhodene for levittenes fedrehus; hellige dere, både dere og deres brødre, så dere kan føre opp Herrens ark, Israels Gud, til stedet jeg har forberedt for den.

• Norsk oversettelse av BBE

  og sa til dem: Dere er overhodene for levittenes familier: hellige dere, dere og brødrene deres, så dere kan bære Herrens, Israels Guds, ark til det stedet jeg har forberedt for den.

• Coverdale Bible (1535)

  and sayde vnto them: Ye are the heades of ye fathers amonge the Leuites: sanctifye yor selues therfore & youre brethre, yt ye maye brynge vp the Arke of the LORDE God of Israel, to the place yt I haue prepared for it.

• Geneva Bible (1560)

  And he saide vnto them, Ye are the chiefe fathers of the Leuites: sanctifie your selues, and your brethren, and bring vp the Arke of the Lorde God of Israel vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.

• Bishops' Bible (1568)

  And saide vnto them: Ye that are the principall fathers of the Leuites, see that ye be holy with your brethren, that ye may bring in the arke of the Lorde God of Israel vnto the place that I haue prepared for it.

• Authorized King James Version (1611)

  And said unto them, Ye [are] the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, [both] ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto [the place that] I have prepared for it.

• Webster's Bible (1833)

  and said to them, You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to [the place] that I have prepared for it.

• Young's Literal Translation (1862/1898)

  and saith to them, `Ye `are' heads of the fathers of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, ye and your brethren, and ye have brought up the ark of Jehovah, God of Israel, unto `the place' I have prepared for it;

• American Standard Version (1901)

  and said unto them, Ye are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, unto [the place] that I have prepared for it.

• Bible in Basic English (1941)

  And 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.

• World English Bible (2000)

  and said to them, "You are the heads of the fathers' [houses] of the Levites. Sanctify yourselves, both you and your brothers, that you may bring up the ark of Yahweh, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

• NET Bible® (New English Translation)

  He told them:“You are the leaders of the Levites’ families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves and bring the ark of the LORD God of Israel up to the place I have prepared for it.

Referenced Verses

• 2 Chr 35:6 : 6 So kill the Passover, and sanctify yourselves, and prepare your brethren, that they may do according to the word of the LORD by the hand of Moses.
• Exod 19:14-15 : 14 And Moses went down from the mount to the people, and sanctified the people; and they washed their clothes. 15 And he said to the people, Be ready for the third day; do not come near your wives.
• 2 Chr 30:15 : 15 Then they killed the Passover on the fourteenth day of the second month: and the priests and the Levites were ashamed, and sanctified themselves, and brought in the burnt offerings into the house of the LORD.
• Ezek 48:11 : 11 It shall be for the priests that are sanctified of the sons of Zadok; who have kept my charge, and did not go astray when the children of Israel went astray, as the Levites went astray.
• John 17:17 : 17 Sanctify them through your truth: your word is truth.
• Rom 12:1-2 : 1 I implore you therefore, brothers, by the mercies of God, that you present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable to God, which is your reasonable service. 2 And do not be conformed to this world: but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God.
• Rev 5:9-9 : 9 And they sang a new song, saying, You are worthy to take the book and to open its seals, for You were slain and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe, language, people, and nation, 10 And have made us kings and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth.
• 1 Chr 9:34 : 34 These chief ancestors of the Levites, chief throughout their generations, lived in Jerusalem.
• 1 Chr 15:1 : 1 And David made himself houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.
• 1 Chr 15:3 : 3 And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD to its place, which he had prepared for it.
• 1 Chr 15:14 : 14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel.
• 1 Chr 24:31 : 31 These likewise cast lots alongside their brothers the sons of Aaron in the presence of David the king, and Zadok, and Ahimelech, and the chief of the fathers of the priests and Levites, even the principal fathers alongside their younger brothers.
• 2 Chr 5:11 : 11 And it came to pass, when the priests came out of the holy place (for all the priests that were present had sanctified themselves, and did not wait by order:
• 2 Chr 29:4-5 : 4 And he brought in the priests and the Levites and gathered them together into the eastern street, 5 And said to them, Hear me, Levites, sanctify yourselves now and sanctify the house of the LORD God of your fathers, and carry out the filthiness from the holy place.