^{12 Ref} And said to them, You are the heads of the families of the Levites: make yourselves holy, you and your brothers, so that you may take the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place which I have made ready for it.

^{13 Ref} For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.

^{14 Ref} So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.