1 Chronicles 15:13 BSB

1 Chronicles 15:13

It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

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.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

For because ye did it not at the first,.... Did not sanctify themselves, as the supplement in our version directs; but rather the sense is, ye were not there at first, when the ark was brought from Kirjathjearim as far as the house of Obededom, as they should have been; they were not then employed, as was their business, and therefore the Lord our God made a breach upon us; by smiting Uzzah with death, who was no Levite, and touched the ark, which is called his "error", and for which God smote him, 2Sa 6:7 on which place Lud.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

"We did not go about our work considerately; and therefore we sped so ill." Note, It is not enough that we do that which is good, but we must do it well--not enough that we seek God in a due ordinance, but we must seek after him, in a due order.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

The “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.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

12 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
כִּ֛י	ki	for	H3588 →
לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה	le.ma.ba.Ri.sho.Nah	to what? at the first [time]	H4100 →H7223 →
לֹ֣א	lo'	not	H3808 →
אַתֶּ֑ם	'a.Tem	you	H859 →
פָּרַ֨ץ	pa.Ratz	he burst out	H6555 →
יְהוָ֤ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙	'e.lo.Hei.nu	God our	H430 →
בָּ֔נוּ	Ba.nu	against us
כִּי־	ki-	for	H3588 →
לֹ֥א	lo'	not	H3808 →
דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּ	de.rash.Nu.hu	we sought him	H1875 →
כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃	ka.mish.Pat	according to the ordinance	H4941 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Corinthians 14:40
But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
leads to
- Colossians 2:5
  For although I am absent from you in body, I am present with you in spirit, and I delight to see your orderly condition and firm faith in Christ.
- Titus 1:5
  The reason I left you in Crete was that you would set in order what was unfinished and appoint elders in every town, as I directed you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:26–33
  What then shall we say, brothers? When you come together, everyone has a psalm or a teaching, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. All of these must be done to build up the…
- 1 Corinthians 11:34
  If anyone is hungry, he should eat at home, so that when you come together it will not result in judgment. And when I come, I will give instructions about the remaining matters.
- Romans 13:13
  Let us behave decently, as in the daytime, not in carousing and drunkenness, not in sexual immorality and debauchery, not in dissension and jealousy.
Through
1 Corinthians 11:2
Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15
  Therefore, brothers, stand firm and cling to the traditions we taught you, whether by speech or by letter.
- 1 Corinthians 4:17
  That is why I have sent you Timothy, my beloved and faithful child in the Lord. He will remind you of my way of life in Christ Jesus, which is exactly what I teach…
Through
2 Samuel 6:3
They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new…
leads to
- 1 Samuel 6:7
  Now, therefore, prepare one new cart with two milk cows that have never been yoked. Hitch the cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen them up.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About 1 Chronicles

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About 1 Chronicles