The Ark Placed in a Tent
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They brought in the ark of God, and set it inside the tent that David had pitched for it; and they offered burnt offerings and offerings of well-being before God.
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When David had finished offering the burnt offerings and the offerings of well-being, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord;
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and he distributed to every person in Israel--man and woman alike--to each a loaf of bread, a portion of meat, and a cake of raisins.
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He appointed certain of the Levites as ministers before the ark of the Lord, to invoke, to thank, and to praise the Lord, the God of Israel.
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Asaph was the chief, and second to him Zechariah, Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, Obed-edom, and Jeiel, with harps and lyres; Asaph was to sound the cymbals,
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and the priests Benaiah and Jahaziel were to blow trumpets regularly, before the ark of the covenant of God.
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Then on that day David first appointed the singing of praises to the Lord by Asaph and his kindred.