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
Thus David, the leaders of Israel, and the army's commanders joyfully went to get the Ark of Jehovah's Covenant from Obed Edom's house.
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
Balaam said to him: Build seven altars for me here and bring me seven bulls and seven rams.
Job 42:8
So now take seven bulls and seven rams and go to my servant Job and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. My servant Job will pray for you, and I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. You did not speak correctly about me, as my servant Job has.
Numbers 23:1-4
He said to Balak: Build seven altars here for me. Then bring me seven bulls and seven rams.
Numbers 29:32
On the seventh day bring seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen one-year-old lambs that have no defects.
1 Samuel 7:12
Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He said: Jehovah helped us all the way. He named it: Stone of Help.
2 Samuel 6:13
When those who carried the Ark of Jehovah walked six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.
1 Chronicles 29:14
Yet my people and I cannot really give you anything. This is because everything is a gift from you, and we have only given back what is yours already.
Psalm 66:13-15
I will come into your temple with burnt offerings. I will keep my vows to you,
Ezekiel 45:23
Every day during the seven days of the festival, he must prepare burnt offerings for Jehovah: seven young bulls that have no defects, seven rams that have no defects, and one male goat as an offering for sin.
Acts 26:22
Having obtained help from God, I continue to this day, witnessing both to small and great, saying no other things than those that the prophets and Moses said should come.
2 Corinthians 2:16
To the one an aroma of death leading to death and to the other an aroma from life to life. And who is sufficient for these things?
2 Corinthians 3:5
We are not adequate by ourselves to account for anything. Our adequacy is from God.