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."


In Context

10 from the descendants of Uzziel, Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.

11 Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites.

12 He said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.

13 It 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."

14 So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the Lord , the God of Israel.

15 And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord .

1st Chronicles 15:13 in Other Translations

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

15:13For 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.

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.