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1 Chronicles 15:14

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What does 1 Chronicles 15:14 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
1 Chronicles 15:14 — American Standard Version

Context — 1 Chronicles 15

American Standard Version (1901) — public domain. Click any verse for its study page.
11And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,
12and 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.
13For 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.
14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.
15And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.
16And David spake 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.
17So 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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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves, etc.] As they were ordered, and in the manner they should: to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel; for though it was chiefly the work of the Levites, yet the priests might do it, and sometimes did, (see <060313> Joshua 3:13,14 6:6).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“sanctified: Lev 10:3; Ch2 29:15, Ch2 29:34; Joe 2:16, Joe 2:17 1 Chronicles 15:15”
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Keil & Delitzsch
C. F. Keil & F. Delitzsch · Commentary on the Old Testament · 19th-century historical commentary
“The Levites consecrated themselves, and bare - as Ch1 15:15 anticipatively remarks-the ark of God upon their shoulders, according to the prescription in Num 7:9, עליהם בּמּומות, by means of poles upon them (the shoulders). מוטה, the flexible pole used for carrying burdens, Num 13:23. Those used to carry the ark are called בּדּים in the Pentateuch, Exo 25:13. 1 Chronicles 15:16”
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