I Chronicles · Chapter 15

וַיַּעַשׂ־ל֥וֹ בָתִּ֖ים בְּעִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וַיָּ֤כֶן מָקוֹם֙ לַאֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וַיֶּט־ל֖וֹ אֹֽהֶל

And David made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched a tent for it.

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אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָשֵׂאת֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם־הַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּֽי־בָ֣ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֗ה לָשֵׂ֞את אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן יְהֹוָ֛ה וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם

Then David said: ‘None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for Hashem has chosen them to carry the ark of Hashem, and to minister to Him for ever.’

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וַיַּקְהֵ֥ל דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־כׇּל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִָ֑ם לְהַֽעֲלוֹת֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן יְהֹוָ֔ה אֶל־מְקוֹמ֖וֹ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֥ין לֽוֹ

And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of Hashem to its place, which he had prepared for it.

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וַיֶּאֱסֹ֥ף דָּוִ֛יד אֶת־בְּנֵ֥י אַהֲרֹ֖ן וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּֽם

And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;

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לִבְנֵ֖י קְהָ֑ת אוּרִיאֵ֣ל הַשָּׂ֔ר וְאֶחָ֖יו מֵאָ֥ה וְעֶשְׂרִֽים

of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;

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לִבְנֵ֖י מְרָרִ֑י עֲשָׂיָ֣ה הַשָּׂ֔ר וְאֶחָ֖יו מָאתַ֥יִם וְעֶשְׂרִֽים

of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty;

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לִבְנֵ֖י גֵּרְשׁ֑וֹם יוֹאֵ֣ל הַשָּׂ֔ר וְאֶחָ֖יו מֵאָ֥ה וּשְׁלֹשִֽׁים

of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty;

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לִבְנֵ֖י אֱלִיצָפָ֑ן שְׁמַֽעְיָ֥ה הַשָּׂ֖ר וְאֶחָ֥יו מָאתָֽיִם

of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred;

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לִבְנֵ֖י חֶבְר֑וֹן אֱלִיאֵ֥ל הַשָּׂ֖ר וְאֶחָ֥יו שְׁמוֹנִֽים

of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore;

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לִבְנֵ֖י עֻזִּיאֵ֑ל עַמִּינָדָ֣ב הַשָּׂ֔ר וְאֶחָ֕יו מֵאָ֖ה וּשְׁנֵ֥ים עָשָֽׂר

of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

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וַיִּקְרָ֣א דָוִ֔יד לְצָד֥וֹק וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר הַכֹּהֲנִ֑ים וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם לְאוּרִיאֵ֤ל עֲשָׂיָה֙ וְיוֹאֵ֣ל שְׁמַֽעְיָ֔ה וֶאֱלִיאֵ֖ל וְעַמִּינָדָֽב

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

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם אַתֶּ֛ם רָאשֵׁ֥י הָאָב֖וֹת לַלְוִיִּ֑ם הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙ אַתֶּ֣ם וַאֲחֵיכֶ֔ם וְהַעֲלִיתֶ֗ם אֵ֣ת אֲר֤וֹן יְהֹוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל אֶל־הֲכִינ֖וֹתִי לֽוֹ

and said to them: ‘You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, both you and your brethren, that you may bring up the ark of Hashem, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.

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כִּ֛י לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה לֹ֣א אַתֶּ֑ם פָּרַ֨ץ יְהֹוָ֤ה אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בָּ֔נוּ כִּֽי־לֹ֥א דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט

For because you bore it not at the first, Hashem our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought Him not according to the ordinance.’

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וַיִּֽתְקַדְּשׁ֔וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֑ם לְהַעֲל֕וֹת אֶת־אֲר֥וֹן יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Hashem, the God of Israel.

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וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ בְנֵֽי־הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֵ֚ת אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֛ר צִוָּ֥ה מֹשֶׁ֖ה כִּדְבַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֑ה בִּכְתֵפָ֥ם בַּמֹּט֖וֹת עֲלֵיהֶֽם

And the children of the Levites bore the ark of God upon their shoulders with the bars on them, as Moses commanded according to the word of Hashem.

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וַיֹּ֣אמֶר דָּוִיד֮ לְשָׂרֵ֣י הַלְוִיִּם֒ לְהַעֲמִ֗יד אֶת־אֲחֵיהֶם֙ הַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים בִּכְלֵי־שִׁ֛יר נְבָלִ֥ים וְכִנֹּר֖וֹת וּמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מַשְׁמִיעִ֥ים לְהָרִֽים־בְּק֖וֹל לְשִׂמְחָֽה

And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren the singers, with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up the voice with joy.

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וַיַּעֲמִ֣ידוּ הַלְוִיִּ֗ם אֵ֚ת הֵימָ֣ן בֶּן־יוֹאֵ֔ל וּמִ֨ן־אֶחָ֔יו אָסָ֖ף בֶּן־בֶּרֶכְיָ֑הוּ וּמִן־בְּנֵ֤י מְרָרִי֙ אֲחֵיהֶ֔ם אֵיתָ֖ן בֶּן־קוּשָׁיָֽהוּ

So the Levites appointed Heman the son of Joel; and of his brethren, Asaph the son of Berechiah; and of the sons of Merari their brethren, Ethan the son of Kushaiah;

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וְעִמָּהֶ֖ם אֲחֵיהֶ֣ם הַמִּשְׁנִ֑ים זְכַרְיָ֡הוּ בֵּ֡ן וְיַעֲזִיאֵ֡ל וּשְׁמִירָמ֡וֹת וִיחִיאֵ֣ל וְעֻנִּ֡י אֱלִיאָ֡ב וּבְנָיָ֡הוּ וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֡הוּ וּמַתִּתְיָ֩הוּ֩ וֶאֱלִ֨יפְלֵ֜הוּ וּמִקְנֵיָ֨הוּ וְעֹבֵ֥ד אֱדֹ֛ם וִיעִיאֵ֖ל הַשֹּׁעֲרִֽים

and with them their brethren of the second degree, Zechariah, Ben, and Jaaziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Eliphalehu, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, the doorkeepers.

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וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ

So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;

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Cross-references: Psalms 88:1; Psalms 89:1

וּזְכַרְיָ֨ה וַעֲזִיאֵ֜ל וּשְׁמִירָמ֤וֹת וִֽיחִיאֵל֙ וְעֻנִּ֣י וֶאֱלִיאָ֔ב וּמַעֲשֵׂיָ֖הוּ וּבְנָיָ֑הוּ בִּנְבָלִ֖ים עַל־עֲלָמֽוֹת

and Zechariah, and Aziel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries set to Alamoth;

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וּמַתִּתְיָ֣הוּ וֶאֱלִֽיפְלֵ֗הוּ וּמִקְנֵיָ֙הוּ֙ וְעֹבֵ֣ד אֱדֹ֔ם וִיעִיאֵ֖ל וַעֲזַזְיָ֑הוּ בְּכִנֹּר֥וֹת עַל־הַשְּׁמִינִ֖ית לְנַצֵּֽחַ

and Mattithiah, and Eliphalehu, and Mikneiahu, and Obed-edom, and Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps on the Sheminith, to lead.

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וּכְנַנְיָ֥הוּ שַֽׂר־הַלְוִיִּ֖ם בְּמַשָּׂ֑א יָסֹר֙ בַּמַּשָּׂ֔א כִּ֥י מֵבִ֖ין הֽוּא

And Chenaniah, chief of the Levites, was over the song; he was master in the song, because he was skillful.

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וּבֶֽרֶכְיָה֙ וְאֶלְקָנָ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

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וּשְׁבַנְיָ֡הוּ וְיוֹשָׁפָ֡ט וּנְתַנְאֵ֡ל וַעֲמָשַׂ֡י וּ֠זְכַרְיָ֠הוּ וּבְנָיָ֤הוּ וֶאֱלִיעֶ֙זֶר֙ הַכֹּ֣הֲנִ֔ים (מחצצרים) מַחְצְרִים֙ בַּחֲצֹ֣צְר֔וֹת לִפְנֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים וְעֹבֵ֤ד אֱדֹם֙ וִֽיחִיָּ֔ה שֹׁעֲרִ֖ים לָאָרֽוֹן

And Shebaniah, and Joshaphat, and Nethanel, and Amasai, and Zechariah, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.

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וַיְהִ֥י דָוִ֛יד וְזִקְנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל וְשָׂרֵ֣י הָאֲלָפִ֑ים הַהֹלְכִ֗ים לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת אֶת־אֲר֧וֹן בְּרִית־יְהֹוָ֛ה מִן־בֵּ֥ית עֹבֵֽד־אֱדֹ֖ם בְּשִׂמְחָֽה

So David, and the elders of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of Hashem out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.

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Cross-references: II Samuel 6:12

וַֽיְהִי֙ בֶּעְזֹ֣ר הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים אֶ֨ת־הַלְוִיִּ֔ם נֹשְׂאֵ֖י אֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּזְבְּח֥וּ שִׁבְעָֽה־פָרִ֖ים וְשִׁבְעָ֥ה אֵילִֽים

And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Hashem, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.

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Cross-references: II Samuel 6:13

וְדָוִ֞יד מְכֻרְבָּ֣ל בִּמְעִ֣יל בּ֗וּץ וְכׇל־הַלְוִיִּם֙ הַנֹּשְׂאִ֣ים אֶת־הָאָר֔וֹן וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים וּכְנַנְיָ֛ה הַשַּׂ֥ר הַמַּשָּׂ֖א הַמְשֹׁרְרִ֑ים וְעַל־דָּוִ֖יד אֵפ֥וֹד בָּֽד

And David was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Levites who bore the ark, and the singers, and Chenaniah the master of the singers in the song; and David had upon him an ephod of linen.

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וְכׇל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל מַֽעֲלִים֙ אֶת־אֲר֣וֹן בְּרִית־יְהֹוָ֔ה בִּתְרוּעָה֙ וּבְק֣וֹל שׁוֹפָ֔ר וּבַחֲצֹצְר֖וֹת וּבִמְצִלְתָּ֑יִם מַשְׁמִעִ֕ים בִּנְבָלִ֖ים וְכִנֹּרֽוֹת

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Hashem with shouting, and with sound of the horn, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with psalteries and harps.

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וַיְהִ֗י אֲרוֹן֙ בְּרִ֣ית יְהֹוָ֔ה בָּ֖א עַד־עִ֣יר דָּוִ֑יד וּמִיכַ֨ל בַּת־שָׁא֜וּל נִשְׁקְפָ֣ה בְּעַ֣ד הַחַלּ֗וֹן וַתֵּ֨רֶא אֶת־הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ דָּוִיד֙ מְרַקֵּ֣ד וּמְשַׂחֵ֔ק וַתִּ֥בֶז ל֖וֹ בְּלִבָּֽהּ

And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of Hashem came to the city of David, that Michal the daughter of Saul looked out at the window, and saw king David dancing and making merry; and she despised him in her heart.

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