Bible in Basic English
"For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way."
— 1 Chronicles 15:13, Bible in Basic English
“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. ”
“For 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 first time you did not carry it; that is why the LORD God attacked us, because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.””
“Lest 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.”
Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.
And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,
And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.
For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.
And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.
And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.