1 Chronicles 15:13-15

Contemporary English Version

¹³ The first time we tried to bring the chest to Jerusalem, we didn't ask the Lord what he wanted us to do. He was angry with us, because you Levites weren't there to carry the chest.”

¹⁴ The priests and the Levites made themselves clean. They were now ready to carry the sacred chest ^15 (A) on poles that rested on their shoulders, just as the Lord had told Moses to do.