1 Chronicles 15:12-14

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¹² He said to them, “You are the heads of families of the Levites; sanctify yourselves, you and your kindred, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place that I have prepared for it.^{(A) 13} Because you did not carry it^[a] the first time,^[b] the Lord our God burst out against us because we did not give it proper care.”^{(B) 14} So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.^(C)