1 Chronicles 15 · Verse 13

1 Chronicles 15:13

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.
1 Chronicles 15:13, King James Version

1 Chronicles 15:13 in other translations

BSBIt 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.”
WEBFor because you didn’t carry it at first, the LORD our God broke out in anger against us, because we didn’t seek him according to the ordinance.”
ASVFor 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.
YLTbecause at the first it was not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'
DARBYFor because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
BBEFor 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.
WebsterFor 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.

What does 1 Chronicles 15:13 mean?

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Chronicles 15:1-24

Wise and good men may be guilty of oversights, which they will correct, as soon as they are aware of them. David does not try to justify what had been done amiss, nor to lay the blame on others; but he owns himself guilty, with others, of not seeking God in due order

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1 Chronicles 15:13 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּ֛יkiforH3588
לְמַבָּרִ֥אשׁוֹנָ֖הle.ma.ba.Ri.sho.Nahto what? at the first [time]H4100
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
אַתֶּ֑ם'a.TemyouH859
פָּרַ֨ץpa.Ratzhe burst outH6555
יְהוָ֤הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuGod ourH430
בָּ֔נוּBa.nuagainst us
כִּי\־ki-forH3588
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
דְרַשְׁנֻ֖הוּde.rash.Nu.huwe sought himH1875
כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט\׃ka.mish.Pataccording to the ordinanceH4941

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for 1 Chronicles 15:13

  • 2 Samuel 6:3

    And they set the ark of God upon a new cart, and brought it out of the house of Abinadab that was in Gibeah: and Uzzah and Ahio, the sons of Abinadab, drave the new cart.

  • 1 Corinthians 14:40

    Let all things be done decently and in order.

  • 1 Corinthians 11:2

    Now I praise you, brethren, that ye remember me in all things, and keep the ordinances, as I delivered them to you.

  • 1 John 1:8-10

    If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth is not in us. If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins, and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness. If we say that we have not sinned, we make him a liar, and his word is not in us.

  • 2 Samuel 6:7-8

    And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God. And David was displeased, because the Lord had made a breach upon Uzzah: and he called the name of the place Perez–uzzah to this day.

  • Numbers 4:15

    And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch any holy thing, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tabernacle of the congregation.

  • 1 Chronicles 13:7-11

    And they carried the ark of God in a new cart out of the house of Abinadab: and Uzza and Ahio drave the cart. And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. And when they came unto the threshingfloor of Chidon, Uzza put forth his hand to hold the ark; for the oxen stumbled. And the anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put his hand to the ark: and there he died before God. …

  • Numbers 7:9

    But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.

  • Proverbs 28:13

    He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:2

    Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

  • Deuteronomy 31:9

    And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and unto all the elders of Israel.

  • 2 Chronicles 30:17-20

    For there were many in the congregation that were not sanctified: therefore the Levites had the charge of the killing of the passovers for every one that was not clean, to sanctify them unto the Lord. For a multitude of the people, even many of Ephraim, and Manasseh, Issachar, and Zebulun, had not cleansed themselves, yet did they eat the passover otherwise than it was written. But Hezekiah prayed for them, saying, The good Lord pardon every one That prepareth his heart to seek God, the Lord God of his fathers, though he be not cleansed according to the purification of the sanctuary. And the Lord hearkened to Hezekiah, and healed the people.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
ye did it.
13:7-9; 2Sa 6:3
the Lord.
13:10,11; 2Sa 6:7,8
for that.
2; Nu 4:15; 7:9; De 31:9; 2Ch 30:17-20; Pr 28:13; 1Co 11:2; 14:40
1Jo 1:8-10

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Context

  • 1 Chronicles 15:12

    And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:13

    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.

  • 1 Chronicles 15:14

    So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

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1 Chronicles 15:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Pues por no haberlo hecho así vosotros la primera vez, Jehová nuestro Dios hizo en nosotros rotura, por cuanto no le buscamos según la ordenanza.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Car, parce que vous ne l’avez pas fait la première fois, l’ Éternel, notre Dieu, a fait une brèche parmi nous; car nous ne l’avons pas recherché conformément à l’ordonnance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Denn weil ihr das vorige Mal es nicht tatet, so machte Jehova, unser Gott, einen Bruch unter uns, weil wir ihn nicht suchten nach der Vorschrift.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
ne ut a principio, quia non eratis præsentes, percussit nos Dominus; sic et nunc fiat, illicitum quid nobis agentibus.