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.


In Context

10 of the sons of Uzziel, Amminadab the chief, and his brethren a hundred and twelve.

11 And David called for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, for Uriel, Asaiah, and Joel, Shemaiah, and Eliel, and Amminadab,

12 and 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.

13 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.

14 So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.

15 And 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.

1 Chronicles 15:13 in Other Translations

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

15:13It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way."

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:13For 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.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

15:13Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:13For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

15:13For because ye bare it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:13For 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.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

15:13For because you didn't carry it at first, Yahweh our God made broke out against us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.|

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

15:13because at the first it was not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

15:13For because you did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach on us, for that we sought him not after the due order.