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The Correction of the Breach and the Ascent of the Ark
And Dawid made him houses in the city of Dawid, and prepared a place for the ark of Alahiym, and pitched for it a tent.
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The Restoration of the Lawiytical Order
Then Dawid said, "None ought to carry the ark of Alahiym but the Lawiytes: for them hath 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 chosen to carry the ark of Alahiym, and to minister unto him for ever."
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And Dawid gathered all Yashar'al together to Yarushalayim, to bring up the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 unto his place, which he had prepared for it.
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The Assembly of the Priests and Lawiytes
And Dawid assembled the children of Aharon, and the Lawiytes:
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Of the sons of Kohath; Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Merari; Asaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred and twenty:
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Of the sons of Gershom; Yoel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and thirty:
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Of the sons of Elizaphan; Shamaiah the chief, and his brethren two hundred:
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Of the sons of Chabrun; Eliel the chief, and his brethren fourscore:
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Of the sons of Uzziel; Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.
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The Command to Sanctify
And Dawid called for Tzadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Lawiytes, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Yoel, Shamaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
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And said unto them, "Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Lawiytes: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al unto the place that I have prepared for it."
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The Acknowledgment of the Past Breach
"For because ye did it not at the first, 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 our Alahiym made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order."
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So the priests and the Lawiytes sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 Alahiym of Yashar'al.
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The Correct Execution of Transport
And the children of the Lawiytes bore the ark of Alahiym upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Mushah commanded according to the word of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄.
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The Activation of the Acoustic Shield
And Dawid spake to the chief of the Lawiytes to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of music, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.
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So the Lawiytes appointed Heman the son of Yoel; 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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And with them their brethren of the second degree, Zekaryahu, Ben, and Yaaziel, and Shamiramoth, and Yehiel, and Unni, Eliab, and Benaiah, and Maaseiah, and Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Yeiel, the porters.
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So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
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And Zekaryahu, and Aziel, and Shamiramoth, and Yehiel, and Unni, and Eliab, and Maaseiah, and Benaiah, with psalteries on Alamoth;
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And Mattithiah, and Elipheleh, and Mikneiah, and Obed-edom, and Yeiel, and Azazyahu, with harps on the Shaminith to excel.
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And Chananiah, chief of the Lawiytes, was for song: he instructed about the song, because he was skillful.
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And Berechiah and Elkanah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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And Shebaniah, and Yoshaphat, and Nethaneel, and Amasai, and Zekaryahu, and Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, did blow with the trumpets before the ark of Alahiym: and Obed-edom and Yehiah were doorkeepers for the ark.
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The Joyful Procession
So Dawid, and the elders of Yashar'al, and the captains over thousands, went to bring up the ark of the covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 out of the house of Obed-edom with joy.
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The Celestial Assistance
And it came to pass, when Alahiym helped the Lawiytes that bore the ark of the covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
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The Priestly Garments of the King
And Dawid was clothed with a robe of fine linen, and all the Lawiytes that bore the ark, and the singers, and Chananiah the master of the song with the singers: Dawid also had upon him an ephod of linen.
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Thus all Yashar'al brought up the ark of the covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.
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The Contempt of Michal
And it came to pass, as the ark of the covenant of 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 came to the city of Dawid, that Michal the daughter of Shaul looking out at a window saw king Dawid dancing and playing: and she despised him in her heart.