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What does 1 Chronicles 15:4 mean?

"David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:"

— 1 Chronicles 15:4 (World English Bible)

Surrounding context

1

David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.

2

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

3

David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.

4

David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:

5

of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;

6

of the sons of Merari, Asaiah the chief, and his brothers two hundred twenty;

7

of the sons of Gershom, Joel the chief, and his brothers one hundred thirty;

Explanation

First Chronicles 15:4 is a simple, direct statement: David called together two specific groups of people — "the sons of Aaron" (the priests) and "the Levites" more broadly. On its own, this looks like a minor administrative note, but it marks

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