1 Chronicles 15:12-14

Living Bible

¹² “You are the leaders of the clans of the Levites,” he told them. “Now sanctify yourselves with all your brothers so that you may bring the Ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. ¹³ The Lord destroyed us before because we handled the matter improperly—you were not carrying it.”

¹⁴ So the priests and the Levites underwent the ceremonies of sanctification in preparation for bringing home the Ark of Jehovah, the God of Israel.