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And David, desiring directions from God, said, Am I to go up against the Philistines? and will you give them into my hands? And the Lord said, Go up; for I will give them into your hands.

לֵאמֹ֔ר (לֵ) le. “<to>”ל֤וֹ (ל֤) l “to”

And David went for directions to God; and God said to him, You are not to go up after them; but, turning away from them, come face to face with them opposite the spice-trees.

לוֹ֙ (ל) l “to”לָהֶ֖ם (לָ) la. “to”

And at the sound of footsteps in the tops of the trees, go out to the fight, for God has gone out before you to overcome the army of the Philistines.

לְפָנֶ֔יךָ (לְ) le. “<to>”לְהַכּ֖וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

And David made houses for himself in the town of David; and he got ready a place for the ark of God, and put up a tent for it.

ל֥וֹ (ל֥) l “for”לַֽאֲר֣וֹן (לַֽ) la. “for”ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “for”

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

לָשֵׂאת֙ (לָ) la. “to”לָשֵׂ֞את (לָ) la. “to”וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹ (לְ) le. “to”

And David made all Israel come together at Jerusalem, to take the ark of the Lord to its place, which he had got ready for it.

לְהַעֲלוֹת֙ (לְ) le. “to”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for”

Of the sons of Kohath: Uriel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twenty;

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

Of the sons of Merari: Asaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred and twenty;

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

Of the sons of Gershom: Joel the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and thirty;

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

Of the sons of Elizaphan: Shemaiah the chief, and his brothers, two hundred;

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

Of the sons of Hebron: Eliel the chief, and his brothers, eighty;

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

Of the sons of Uzziel: Amminadab the chief, and his brothers, a hundred and twelve.

לִבְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “of”

And David sent for Zadok and Abiathar the priests, and for the Levites, Uriel, Asaiah and Joel, Shemaiah and Eliel and Amminadab,

לְצָד֥וֹק (לְ) le. “<to>”וּלְאֶבְיָתָ֖ר (לְ) le. “<to>”וְלַלְוִיִּ֗ם (לַ) la “<to> the”לְאֽוּרִיאֵ֤ל (לְ) le. “<to>”

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.

לָהֶ֔ם (לָ) la. “to”לַלְוִיִּ֑ם (לַ) la “of the”לֽוֹ׃ (לֽ) l “for”

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.

לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖ה (לְ) le. “to”

So the priests and the Levites made themselves holy to take up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel.

לְהַעֲל֕וֹת (לְ) le. “to”

And David gave orders to the chief of the Levites to put their brothers the music-makers in position, with instruments of music, corded instruments and brass, with glad voices making sounds of joy.

לְשָׂרֵ֣י (לְ) le. “to”לְהַֽעֲמִ֗יד (לְ) le. “to”לְהָרִֽים־ (לְ) le. “to”לְשִׂמְחָֽה׃ (לְ) le. “of”

So those who made melody, Heman, Asaph, and Ethan, were put in position, with brass instruments, sounding loudly;

לְהַשְׁמִֽיעַ׃ (לְ) le. “[were] to”

And Mattithiah and Eliphelehu and Mikneiah and Obed-edom and Jeiel and Azaziah, with corded instruments on the octave, to give the first note of the song.

לְנַצֵּֽחַ׃ (לְ) le. “to”

And Berechiah and Elkanah were door-keepers for the ark.

לָאָרֽוֹן׃ (לָ) la. “for the”

And Shebaniah and Joshaphat and Nethanel and Amasai and Zechariah and Benaiah and Eliezer, the priests, made music on the horns before the ark of God; and Obed-edom and Jehiah were door-keepers for the ark.

לִפְנֵ֖י (לִ) li “<to>”לָאָרֽוֹן׃ (לָ) la. “for the”

So David, and the responsible men of Israel, and the captains over thousands, went with joy to get the ark of the agreement of the Lord out of the house of Obed-edom.

לְֽהַעֲל֞וֹת (לְֽ) le. “to”

And when the ark of the agreement of the Lord came into the town of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, looking out of the window, saw King David dancing and playing; and to her mind he seemed foolish.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “<to>”

Then they took in the ark of God and put it inside the tent which David had put up for it; and they made offerings, burned offerings and peace-offerings before God.

ל֖וֹ (ל֖) l “for”לִפְנֵ֥י (לִ) li “<to>”

And he gave to everyone, every man and woman of Israel, a cake of bread, some meat, and a cake of dry grapes.

לְכָל־ (לְ) le. “to”לְאִישׁ֙ (לְ) le. “to”