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Worship With Wonder: 3 Days of Awe

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 <div class="label">13</div><div class="s1">Bringing Back the Ark</div><div class="p"> 1David conferred with each of his officers, the commanders of thousands and commanders of hundreds. 2He then said to the whole assembly of Israel, &#8220;If it seems good to you and if it is the will of the Lord our God, let us send word far and wide to the rest of our people throughout the territories of Israel, and also to the priests and Levites who are with them in their towns and pasturelands, to come and join us. 3Let us bring the ark of our God back to us, for we did not inquire of#13:3 Or we neglected it#13:3 Or him during the reign of Saul.&#8221; 4The whole assembly agreed to do this, because it seemed right to all the people.</div><div class="p"> 5So David assembled all Israel, from the Shihor River in Egypt to Lebo Hamath, to bring the ark of God from Kiriath Jearim. 6David and all Israel went to Baalah of Judah (Kiriath Jearim) to bring up from there the ark of God the Lord, who is enthroned between the cherubim&#8212;the ark that is called by the Name.</div><div class="p"> 7They moved the ark of God from Abinadab&#8217;s house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it. 8David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.</div><div class="p"> 9When they came to the threshing floor of Kidon, Uzzah reached out his hand to steady the ark, because the oxen stumbled. 10The Lord&#8217;s anger burned against Uzzah, and he struck him down because he had put his hand on the ark. So he died there before God.</div><div class="p"> 11Then David was angry because the Lord&#8217;s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.#13:11 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.</div><div class="p"> 12David was afraid of God that day and asked, &#8220;How can I ever bring the ark of God to me?&#8221; 13He did not take the ark to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 14The ark of God remained with the family of Obed-Edom in his house for three months, and the Lord blessed his household and everything he had.</div>
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 <div class="label">15</div><div class="s1">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</div><div class="p"> 1After David had constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it. 2Then David said, &#8220;No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord chose them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him forever.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 3David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the Lord to the place he had prepared for it. 4He called together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:</div><div class="li1"> 5From the descendants of Kohath,</div><div class="li2">Uriel the leader and 120 relatives;</div><div class="li1"> 6from the descendants of Merari,</div><div class="li2">Asaiah the leader and 220 relatives;</div><div class="li1"> 7from the descendants of Gershon,#15:7 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon</div><div class="li2">Joel the leader and 130 relatives;</div><div class="li1"> 8from the descendants of Elizaphan,</div><div class="li2">Shemaiah the leader and 200 relatives;</div><div class="li1"> 9from the descendants of Hebron,</div><div class="li2">Eliel the leader and 80 relatives;</div><div class="li1"> 10from the descendants of Uzziel,</div><div class="li2">Amminadab the leader and 112 relatives.</div><div class="p"> 11Then David summoned Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab the Levites. 12He said to them, &#8220;You are the heads of the Levitical families; you and your fellow Levites are to consecrate yourselves and bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it. 13It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.&#8221; 14So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord.</div><div class="p"> 16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their fellow Levites as musicians to make a joyful sound with musical instruments: lyres, harps and cymbals.</div><div class="p"> 17So the Levites appointed Heman son of Joel; from his relatives, Asaph son of Berekiah; and from their relatives the Merarites, Ethan son of Kushaiah; 18and with them their relatives next in rank: Zechariah,#15:18 Three Hebrew manuscripts and most Septuagint manuscripts (see also verse 20 and 16:5); most Hebrew manuscripts Zechariah son and or Zechariah, Ben and Jaaziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Benaiah, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom and Jeiel,#15:18 Hebrew; Septuagint (see also verse 21) Jeiel and Azaziah the gatekeepers.</div><div class="p"> 19The musicians Heman, Asaph and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals; 20Zechariah, Jaaziel,#15:20 See verse 18; Hebrew Aziel, a variant of Jaaziel. Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah and Benaiah were to play the lyres according to alamoth,#15:20 Probably a musical term 21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel and Azaziah were to play the harps, directing according to sheminith.#15:21 Probably a musical term 22Kenaniah the head Levite was in charge of the singing; that was his responsibility because he was skillful at it.</div><div class="p"> 23Berekiah and Elkanah were to be doorkeepers for the ark. 24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah and Eliezer the priests were to blow trumpets before the ark of God. Obed-Edom and Jehiah were also to be doorkeepers for the ark.</div><div class="p"> 25So David and the elders of Israel and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the covenant of the Lord from the house of Obed-Edom, with rejoicing. 26Because God had helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, seven bulls and seven rams were sacrificed. 27Now David was clothed in a robe of fine linen, as were all the Levites who were carrying the ark, and as were the musicians, and Kenaniah, who was in charge of the singing of the choirs. David also wore a linen ephod. 28So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the Lord with shouts, with the sounding of rams&#8217; horns and trumpets, and of cymbals, and the playing of lyres and harps.</div><div class="p"> 29As the ark of the covenant of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David dancing and celebrating, she despised him in her heart.</div>
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 <div class="label">6</div><div class="s1">The Ark Brought to Jerusalem</div><div class="p"> 1David again brought together all the able young men of Israel&#8212;thirty thousand. 2He and all his men went to Baalah#6:2 That is, Kiriath Jearim (see 1 Chron. 13:6) in Judah to bring up from there the ark of God, which is called by the Name,#6:2 Hebrew; Septuagint and Vulgate do not have the Name. the name of the Lord Almighty, who is enthroned between the cherubim on the ark. 3They set the ark of God on a new cart and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill. Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart 4with the ark of God on it,#6:3,4 Dead Sea Scrolls and some Septuagint manuscripts; Masoretic Text cart 4 and they brought it with the ark of God from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill and Ahio was walking in front of it. 5David and all Israel were celebrating with all their might before the Lord, with castanets,#6:5 Masoretic Text; Dead Sea Scrolls and Septuagint (see also 1 Chron. 13:8) songs harps, lyres, timbrels, sistrums and cymbals.</div><div class="p"> 6When they came to the threshing floor of Nakon, Uzzah reached out and took hold of the ark of God, because the oxen stumbled. 7The Lord&#8217;s anger burned against Uzzah because of his irreverent act; therefore God struck him down, and he died there beside the ark of God.</div><div class="p"> 8Then David was angry because the Lord&#8217;s wrath had broken out against Uzzah, and to this day that place is called Perez Uzzah.#6:8 Perez Uzzah means outbreak against Uzzah.</div><div class="p"> 9David was afraid of the Lord that day and said, &#8220;How can the ark of the Lord ever come to me?&#8221; 10He was not willing to take the ark of the Lord to be with him in the City of David. Instead, he took it to the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite. 11The ark of the Lord remained in the house of Obed-Edom the Gittite for three months, and the Lord blessed him and his entire household.</div><div class="p"> 12Now King David was told, &#8220;The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-Edom and everything he has, because of the ark of God.&#8221; So David went to bring up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom to the City of David with rejoicing. 13When those who were carrying the ark of the Lord had taken six steps, he sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf. 14Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might, 15while he and all Israel were bringing up the ark of the Lord with shouts and the sound of trumpets.</div><div class="p"> 16As the ark of the Lord was entering the City of David, Michal daughter of Saul watched from a window. And when she saw King David leaping and dancing before the Lord, she despised him in her heart.</div><div class="p"> 17They brought the ark of the Lord and set it in its place inside the tent that David had pitched for it, and David sacrificed burnt offerings and fellowship offerings before the Lord. 18After he had finished sacrificing the burnt offerings and fellowship offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord Almighty. 19Then he gave a loaf of bread, a cake of dates and a cake of raisins to each person in the whole crowd of Israelites, both men and women. And all the people went to their homes.</div><div class="p"> 20When David returned home to bless his household, Michal daughter of Saul came out to meet him and said, &#8220;How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today, going around half-naked in full view of the slave girls of his servants as any vulgar fellow would!&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 21David said to Michal, &#8220;It was before the Lord, who chose me rather than your father or anyone from his house when he appointed me ruler over the Lord&#8217;s people Israel&#8212;I will celebrate before the Lord. 22I will become even more undignified than this, and I will be humiliated in my own eyes. But by these slave girls you spoke of, I will be held in honor.&#8221;</div><div class="p"> 23And Michal daughter of Saul had no children to the day of her death.</div>
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 <div class="label">68</div><div class="cl">Psalm 68#In Hebrew texts 68:1-35 is numbered 68:2-36.</div><div class="d">For the director of music. Of David. A psalm. A song.</div><div class="q1"> 1May God arise, may his enemies be scattered;</div><div class="q2">may his foes flee before him.</div><div class="q1"> 2May you blow them away like smoke&#8212;</div><div class="q2">as wax melts before the fire,</div><div class="q2">may the wicked perish before God.</div><div class="q1"> 3But may the righteous be glad</div><div class="q2">and rejoice before God;</div><div class="q2">may they be happy and joyful.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 4Sing to God, sing in praise of his name,</div><div class="q2">extol him who rides on the clouds#68:4 Or name, / prepare the way for him who rides through the deserts;</div><div class="q2">rejoice before him&#8212;his name is the Lord.</div><div class="q1"> 5A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,</div><div class="q2">is God in his holy dwelling.</div><div class="q1"> 6God sets the lonely in families,#68:6 Or the desolate in a homeland</div><div class="q2">he leads out the prisoners with singing;</div><div class="q2">but the rebellious live in a sun-scorched land.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 7When you, God, went out before your people,</div><div class="q2">when you marched through the wilderness,#68:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here and at the end of verses 19 and 32.</div><div class="q1"> 8the earth shook, the heavens poured down rain,</div><div class="q2">before God, the One of Sinai,</div><div class="q2">before God, the God of Israel.</div><div class="q1"> 9You gave abundant showers, O God;</div><div class="q2">you refreshed your weary inheritance.</div><div class="q1"> 10Your people settled in it,</div><div class="q2">and from your bounty, God, you provided for the poor.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 11The Lord announces the word,</div><div class="q2">and the women who proclaim it are a mighty throng:</div><div class="q1"> 12&#8220;Kings and armies flee in haste;</div><div class="q2">the women at home divide the plunder.</div><div class="q1"> 13Even while you sleep among the sheep pens,#68:13 Or the campfires; or the saddlebags</div><div class="q2">the wings of my dove are sheathed with silver,</div><div class="q2">its feathers with shining gold.&#8221;</div><div class="q1"> 14When the Almighty#68:14 Hebrew Shaddai scattered the kings in the land,</div><div class="q2">it was like snow fallen on Mount Zalmon.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 15Mount Bashan, majestic mountain,</div><div class="q2">Mount Bashan, rugged mountain,</div><div class="q1"> 16why gaze in envy, you rugged mountain,</div><div class="q2">at the mountain where God chooses to reign,</div><div class="q2">where the Lord himself will dwell forever?</div><div class="q1"> 17The chariots of God are tens of thousands</div><div class="q2">and thousands of thousands;</div><div class="q2">the Lord has come from Sinai into his sanctuary.#68:17 Probable reading of the original Hebrew text; Masoretic Text Lord is among them at Sinai in holiness</div><div class="q1"> 18When you ascended on high,</div><div class="q2">you took many captives;</div><div class="q2">you received gifts from people,</div><div class="q1">even from#68:18 Or gifts for people, / even the rebellious&#8212;</div><div class="q2">that you,#68:18 Or they Lord God, might dwell there.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 19Praise be to the Lord, to God our Savior,</div><div class="q2">who daily bears our burdens.</div><div class="q1"> 20Our God is a God who saves;</div><div class="q2">from the Sovereign Lord comes escape from death.</div><div class="q1"> 21Surely God will crush the heads of his enemies,</div><div class="q2">the hairy crowns of those who go on in their sins.</div><div class="q1"> 22The Lord says, &#8220;I will bring them from Bashan;</div><div class="q2">I will bring them from the depths of the sea,</div><div class="q1"> 23that your feet may wade in the blood of your foes,</div><div class="q2">while the tongues of your dogs have their share.&#8221;</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 24Your procession, God, has come into view,</div><div class="q2">the procession of my God and King into the sanctuary.</div><div class="q1"> 25In front are the singers, after them the musicians;</div><div class="q2">with them are the young women playing the timbrels.</div><div class="q1"> 26Praise God in the great congregation;</div><div class="q2">praise the Lord in the assembly of Israel.</div><div class="q1"> 27There is the little tribe of Benjamin, leading them,</div><div class="q2">there the great throng of Judah&#8217;s princes,</div><div class="q2">and there the princes of Zebulun and of Naphtali.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 28Summon your power, God#68:28 Many Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Your God has summoned power for you;</div><div class="q2">show us your strength, our God, as you have done before.</div><div class="q1"> 29Because of your temple at Jerusalem</div><div class="q2">kings will bring you gifts.</div><div class="q1"> 30Rebuke the beast among the reeds,</div><div class="q2">the herd of bulls among the calves of the nations.</div><div class="q1">Humbled, may the beast bring bars of silver.</div><div class="q2">Scatter the nations who delight in war.</div><div class="q1"> 31Envoys will come from Egypt;</div><div class="q2">Cush#68:31 That is, the upper Nile region will submit herself to God.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1"> 32Sing to God, you kingdoms of the earth,</div><div class="q2">sing praise to the Lord,</div><div class="q1"> 33to him who rides across the highest heavens, the ancient heavens,</div><div class="q2">who thunders with mighty voice.</div><div class="q1"> 34Proclaim the power of God,</div><div class="q2">whose majesty is over Israel,</div><div class="q2">whose power is in the heavens.</div><div class="q1"> 35You, God, are awesome in your sanctuary;</div><div class="q2">the God of Israel gives power and strength to his people.</div><div class="b"></div><div class="q1">Praise be to God!</div>
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