Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed
King James Version
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
Holman Bible
While the Levites were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, with God’s help, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
International Standard Version
As God helped the descendants of Levi who were carrying the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
A Conservative Version
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of LORD, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
American Standard Version
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
Amplified
Because God was helping the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord [to do it carefully and safely], they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Bible in Basic English
And when God gave help to the Levites who were lifting up the ark of the agreement of the Lord, they made an offering of seven oxen and seven sheep.
Darby Translation
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
Julia Smith Translation
And it will be in God's helping the Levites lifting up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, and they will sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.
King James 2000
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
Lexham Expanded Bible
And it happened [that] when God helped the Levites carrying the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Modern King James verseion
And it happened as God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, they offered seven bulls and seven rams.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
And when God had helped the Levites that bare the Ark of the Covenant of the LORD, they offered seven oxen and seven rams.
NET Bible
When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the Lord's covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
New Heart English Bible
It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
The Emphasized Bible
And so it was that, when God helped the Levites, who were bearing the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, they sacrificed seven bullocks and seven rams.
Webster
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
World English Bible
It happened, when God helped the Levites who bore the ark of the covenant of Yahweh, that they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Youngs Literal Translation
and it cometh to pass, in God's helping the Levites bearing the ark of the covenant of Jehovah, that they sacrifice seven bullocks and seven rams.
Themes
Ark of the covenant » Brought into the city of david
Levites » Carried the ark of the covenant
Seven » Miscellany of sevens » Rams and bullocks to the number of, required in sarifices
Interlinear
'elohiym
Nasa'
References
Word Count of 20 Translations in 1 Chronicles 15:26
Verse Info
Context Readings
David's Wives And Children
25
So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of thousands went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from the house of Obed-edom with rejoicing.
26 Because God was helping the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed
Cross References
Numbers 23:29
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
Job 42:8
Now therefore take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and offer up a burnt offering for yourselves. And my servant Job shall pray for you, for I will accept his prayer not to deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken of me what is right, as my servant Job has."
Numbers 23:1-4
And Balaam said to Balak, "Build for me here seven altars, and prepare for me here seven bulls and seven rams."
Numbers 29:32
"On the seventh day seven bulls, two rams, fourteen male lambs a year old without blemish,
1 Samuel 7:12
Then Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen and called its name Ebenezer; for he said, "Till now the LORD has helped us."
2 Samuel 6:13
And when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened animal.
1 Chronicles 29:14
"But who am I, and what is my people, that we should be able thus to offer willingly? For all things come from you, and of your own have we given you.
Psalm 66:13-15
I will come into your house with burnt offerings; I will perform my vows to you,
Ezekiel 45:23
And on the seven days of the festival he shall provide as a burnt offering to the LORD seven young bulls and seven rams without blemish, on each of the seven days; and a male goat daily for a sin offering.
Acts 26:22
To this day I have had the help that comes from God, and so I stand here testifying both to small and great, saying nothing but what the prophets and Moses said would come to pass:
2 Corinthians 2:16
to one a fragrance from death to death, to the other a fragrance from life to life. Who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 3:5
Not that we are sufficient in ourselves to claim anything as coming from us, but our sufficiency is from God,