1 Chronicles 15:13
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“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.””
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“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.””
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“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.”
King James Version · Public Domain“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.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“because at the first <FI>it was<Fi> not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo 1 Chronicles 15:13 — 15 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
- Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
- Deuteronomy 31:9So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 6:3They 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 cart,
- 2 Samuel 6:7And the anger of the LORD burned against Uzzah, and God struck him down on the spot for his irreverence, and he died there beside the ark of God.
- 2 Samuel 6:8Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 13:3Then let us bring back the ark of our God, for we did not inquire of Him in the days of Saul.”
- 1 Chronicles 13:7So they carried the ark of God from the house of Abinadab on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding the cart.
- 1 Chronicles 13:11Then David became angry because the LORD had burst forth against Uzzah; so he named that place Perez-uzzah, as it is called to this day.
- 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
- 2 Chronicles 30:17Since there were many in the assembly who had not consecrated themselves, the Levites were in charge of slaughtering the Passover lambs for every unclean person to consecrate the lambs to the LORD.
- Proverbs 28:13He who conceals his sins will not prosper, but whoever confesses and renounces them will find mercy.
- 1 Corinthians 11:2Now I commend you for remembering me in everything and for maintaining the traditions, just as I passed them on to you.
- 1 Corinthians 14:40But everything must be done in a proper and orderly manner.
- 1 John 1:8If we say we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us.
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