1 Esdras 1:2-4

Revised Standard Version

² having placed the priests according to their divisions, arrayed in their garments, in the temple of the Lord. ³ And he told the Levites, the temple servants of Israel, that they should sanctify themselves to the Lord and put the holy ark of the Lord in the house which Solomon the king, the son of David, had built; ⁴ and he said, “You need no longer carry it upon your shoulders. Now worship the Lord your God and serve his people Israel; and prepare yourselves by your families and kindred,