1 Chronicles 15:13

Preparing to Move the Ark

12And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.13It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”

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Berean Standard Bible
It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
American Standard Version (1901)
For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
Bible in Basic English
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.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.
Free Bible Version
Because you weren't there the first time to carry the Ark the Lord our God burst out in violence against us. We didn't treat it in accordance with his instructions.”
Geneva Bible 1599
For because ye were not there at the first, the Lord our God made a breach among vs: for we sought him not after due order.
King James (Authorized) Version
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
Translation for Translators
The first time that we tried to bring it, we did not ask Yahweh how we should carry it {it should be carried}. You descendants of Levi were not the ones who carried it, so Yahweh our God punished us.”
Unlocked Literal Bible
You did not carry it the first time. That is why Yahweh our God broke out against us, for we did not seek him or obey his decree.”
Noah Webster Bible
For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
World English Bible
For because you didn’t carry it at first, Yahweh our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”
Young's Literal Translation
because at the first [it was] not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'