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1 Chronicles 15:26
And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — David and Israel’s leaders are transporting the ark of the covenant to Jerusalem, and this verse records the immediate action taken upon the Levites successfully moving the ark.
The words — בֶּ/עְזֹ֣ר (be'.zor) literally means “he helped” or “because of help,” and נֹשְׂאֵ֖י (no.se'.ei) translates as “bearers” or “those carrying,” directly naming the Levites’ function.
The thread — The precise offering of seven bulls and seven rams appears in Numbers 23:29 during Balaam’s ritual preparations and in Job 42:8 as part of God’s restoration command.
Why it lands — The text explicitly states that God’s assistance to the bearers prompted a specific sacrificial response, requiring the reader to observe worship as a direct, recorded reaction to divine aid rather than an abstract practice.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And it came to pass, when God helped the Levites that bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, that they offered seven bullocks and seven rams.
Cross-references
- Numbers 23:29 Then Balaam said, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- 1 Chronicles 29:14 But who am I, and who are my people, that we should be able to give as generously as this? For everything comes from You, and from Your own hand we have given to You.
- Job 42:8 So now, take seven bulls and seven rams, go to My servant Job, and sacrifice a burnt offering for yourselves. Then My servant Job will pray for you, for I will accept his prayer and not deal with you according to your folly. For you have not spoken accurately about Me, as My servant Job has.”
- Psalms 66:13 I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
- Numbers 23:1 Then Balaam said to Balak, “Build for me seven altars here, and prepare for me seven bulls and seven rams.”
- Numbers 29:32 On the seventh day you are to present seven bulls, two rams, and fourteen male lambs a year old, all unblemished,
- 1 Samuel 7:12 Afterward, Samuel took a stone and set it up between Mizpah and Shen. He named it Ebenezer, saying, “Thus far the LORD has helped us.”
- 2 Samuel 6:13 When those carrying the ark of the LORD had advanced six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.
- Ezekiel 45:23 Each day during the seven days of the feast, he shall provide seven bulls and seven rams without blemish as a burnt offering to the LORD, along with a male goat for a sin offering.
- Acts 26:22 But I have had God’s help to this day, and I stand here to testify to small and great alike. I am saying nothing beyond what the prophets and Moses said would happen: