1 Chronicles 15:14
Good News Translation
Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the LORD God of Israel.

New Revised Standard Version
So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Contemporary English Version
The priests and the Levites made themselves clean. They were now ready to carry the sacred chest

New American Bible
Accordingly, the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel.

Douay-Rheims Bible
So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.

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So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.

sanctified

Leviticus 10:3 And Moses said to Aaron: This is what the Lord hath spoken. I will be sanctified in them that approach to me: and I will be glorified in the sight of all the people. And when Aaron heard this, he held his peace.

2 Chronicles 29:15,34 And they gathered together their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and went in according to the commandment of the king, and the precept of the Lord, to purify the house of God. . . .

Joel 2:16,17 Gather together the people, sanctify the church, assemble the ancients, gather together the little ones, and them that suck at the breasts: let the bridegroom go forth from his bed, and the bride out of her bridal chamber. . . .

Context
The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark
14So the priests and the Levites were sanctified, to carry the ark of the Lord the God of Israel.15And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as Moses had commanded, according to the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.…
Cross References
1 Chronicles 15:12
And he said to them: You that are the heads of the Levitical families, be sanctified with your brethren, and bring the ark of the Lord the God of Israel to the place, which is prepared for it:

1 Chronicles 15:15
And the sons of Levi took the ark of God as Moses had commanded, according to the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.

1 Chronicles 15:13
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