1 Chronicles 15:3
1 Chronicles · דברי הימים א · Ketuvim · 29 chapters · 943 verses
Values above are for the complete verse (16 words), calculated on the consonantal written text.
וַיַּֽעַשׂ־לוֹ בָתִּים בְּעִיר דָּוִיד וַיָּכֶן מָקוֹם לַֽאֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים וַיֶּט־לוֹ אֹֽהֶל
And [David] made him houses in the city of David; and he prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.
אָז אָמַר דָּוִיד לֹא לָשֵׂאת אֶת־אֲרוֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִים כִּי אִם־הַלְוִיִּם כִּי־בָם בָּחַר יְהוָה לָשֵׂאת אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָה וּֽלְשָׁרְתוֹ עַד־עוֹלָֽם
Then David said: ‘None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of the LORD, and to minister unto Him for ever.’
וַיַּקְהֵל דָּוִיד אֶת־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵל אֶל־יְרֽוּשָׁלִָם לְהַעֲלוֹת אֶת־אֲרוֹן יְהוָה אֶל־מְקוֹמוֹ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִין לֽוֹ
And David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto its place, which he had prepared for it.
וַיֶּאֱסֹף דָּוִיד אֶת־בְּנֵי אַֽהֲרֹן וְאֶת־הַלְוִיִּֽם
And David gathered together the sons of Aaron, and the Levites;
לִבְנֵי קְהָת אוּרִיאֵל הַשָּׂר וְאֶחָיו מֵאָה וְעֶשְׂרִֽים
of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twenty;