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1 Chronicles 15:12

And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

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ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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18 tagged words
OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559 →
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto them
אַתֶּ֛ם'a.TemyouH859 →
רָאשֵׁ֥יra.Shei[are] [the] chiefs ofH7218 →
הָאָב֖וֹתha.'a.Votthe fathersH1 →
לַלְוִיִּ֑םlal.vi.Yimof the LevitesH3881 →
הִֽתְקַדְּשׁוּ֙hit.ka.de.Shuconsecrate yourselvesH6942 →
אַתֶּ֣ם'a.TemyouH859 →
וַאֲחֵיכֶ֔םva.'a.chei.Khemand relatives yourH251 →
וְהַֽעֲלִיתֶ֗םve.ha.'a.li.Temand you will bring upH5927 →
אֵ֣ת'et<obj.>H853 →
אֲר֤וֹן'a.Ron[the] ark ofH727 →
יְהוָה֙Yah.wehYahwehH3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֣י'e.lo.Hei[the] God ofH430 →
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔לYis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478 →
אֶל־'el-toH413 →
הֲכִינ֖וֹתִיha.khi.No.ti[where] I have preparedH3559 →
לֽוֹ׃lofor it

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2 Chronicles 35:6Slaughter the Passover lambs, consecrate yourselves, and make preparations for your fellow countrymen to carry out the word of the LORD given by Moses.”1 Chronicles 15:14So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.Romans 12:1–2Therefore I urge you, brothers, on account of God’s mercy, to offer your bodies as living sacrifices, holy and pleasing to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.Exodus 19:14–15When Moses came down from the mountain to the people, he consecrated them, and they washed their clothes.2 Chronicles 30:15And on the fourteenth day of the second month they slaughtered the Passover lamb. The priests and Levites were ashamed, and they consecrated themselves and brought burnt offerings to the house of the LORD.Nehemiah 12:27At the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from all their homes and brought to Jerusalem to celebrate the joyous dedication with thanksgiving and singing, accompanied by cymbals, harps, and lyres.2 Chronicles 29:5“Listen to me, O Levites,” he said. “Consecrate yourselves now and consecrate the house of the LORD, the God of your fathers. Remove from the Holy Place every impurity.2 Chronicles 29:4–5Then he brought in the priests and Levites and gathered them in the square on the east side.1 Chronicles 15:1David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.Revelation 5:9–10And they sang a new song: “Worthy are You to take the scroll and open its seals, because You were slain, and by Your blood You purchased for God those from every tribe and tongue and people and nation.1 Chronicles 9:34All these were heads of Levite families, chiefs according to their genealogies, and they lived in Jerusalem.1 Chronicles 15:3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.John 17:17Sanctify them by the truth; Your word is truth.Ezekiel 48:11It will be for the consecrated priests, the descendants of Zadok, who kept My charge and did not go astray as the Levites did when the Israelites went astray.1 Chronicles 24:31As their brothers the descendants of Aaron did, they also cast lots in the presence of King David and of Zadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of the families of the priests and Levites—the family heads and their younger brothers alike.2 Chronicles 5:11Now all the priests who were present had consecrated themselves regardless of their divisions. And when the priests came out of the Holy Place,1 Chronicles 16:1So they brought the ark of God and placed it inside the tent that David had pitched for it. And they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings before God.1 Chronicles 26:32Among Jerijah’s relatives there were 2,700 capable men who were heads of families. King David appointed them over the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh for every matter pertaining to God and to the affairs of the king.

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