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The Priests and Levites Carry the Ark

1 Chronicles 15:19

In 11 translations

BSB
The musicians Heman, Asaph, and Ethan were to sound the bronze cymbals.
KJV
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed to sound with cymbals of brass;
WEB
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were given cymbals of bronze to sound aloud;
ASV
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
LSV
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, [are] to sound with cymbals of bronze;
YLT
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, with cymbals of brass to sound,
DBY
and the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, to sound aloud with cymbals of brass;
DRC
Now the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, sounded with cymbals of brass.
GNV
So Heman, Asaph and Ethan were fingers to make a sounde with cymbales of brasse,
JPS
So the singers, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were appointed, with cymbals of brass to sound aloud;
LXXE
And the singers, Æman, Asaph, and Æthan, with brazen cymbals to make a sound to be heard.

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Original-language editions

WLC
וְהַמְשֹׁ֣רְרִ֔ים הֵימָ֥ן אָסָ֖ף וְאֵיתָ֑ן בִּמְצִלְתַּ֥יִם נְחֹ֖שֶׁת לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃
LXX-Br
Καὶ οἱ ψαλτῳδοὶ, Αἰμὰν, Ἀσὰφ, καὶ Αἰθὰν ἐν κυμβάλοις χαλκοῖς τοῦ ἀκουσθῆναι ποιῆσαι.

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  • 1 Chronicles 25:6All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the…
  • 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all the Israelites were celebrating before God with all their might, with songs and on harps and lyres, with tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:5Asaph was the chief, Zechariah was second, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel. They were to play the harps and lyres, while Asaph sounded the cymbals
  • 1 Chronicles 25:1Additionally, David and the commanders of the army set apart some of the sons of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to prophesy with the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. The following is the list of the men who…
  • Psalms 150:5Praise Him with clashing cymbals; praise Him with resounding cymbals.
  • 1 Chronicles 15:16David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
  • 1 Chronicles 16:42Heman and Jeduthun had with them trumpets and cymbals for the music and instruments for the songs of God. And the sons of Jeduthun were stationed at the gate.

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