1 Chronicles 15:12
And he said to them, "You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
Sermons
Personal Holiness Essential to Sacred ServiceJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 15:12
Sanctify YourselvesJ.R. Thomson 1 Chronicles 15:12
The Bearers of the ArkF. Whitfield 1 Chronicles 15:1-15
Removal of the Ark, or Carrying on the Work of GodJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 15:1-24
The Call to ServiceJ. Wolfendale.1 Chronicles 15:1-24
Learning the Lessons of God's JudgmentsR. Tuck 1 Chronicles 15:2, 12, 13
Three Valuable Virtues: Rectification, Admonition, ObedienceW. Clarkson 1 Chronicles 15:2-15
Due Preparation for Divine ServiceR. Tuck 1 Chronicles 15:12-14














Taught by experience, David now employed in the service of the sanctuary, to minister in connection with the ark, those whom the Lord himself had set apart for this office; he committed the business of brining up the ark to the chief of the fathers of the Levites. But it was not enough that the right persons should be employed; it was important that the right persons should do their work in a right way. The Levites were, accordingly, required to sanctify themselves. We know from the Law that ceremonial purity was incumbent upon those who were discharging sacred functions. We are reminded by this language that -

I. GOD IS A HOLY GOD. Not only did Jehovah reveal himself as being holy in words, but also in the laws he imposed and the regulations he prescribed. The Jewish economy was largely designed to impress upon the minds of the Israelites the holy, faultless, perfect character of God. And this lesson has been taught even more effectively to us in the character, life, and mediation of God's "holy child Jesus."

II. A HOLY GOD REQUIRES HOLY SERVANTS. The priests and Levites were enjoined to observe strict regulations as to their ceremonial purity, especially when about to engage in the public service of the God of Israel. Holy works demand clean hands, and clean hands need pure hearts. The ceremonial cleanness of the Levitical Law was the emblem of spiritual purity. How holy should they be who "bear the vessels of the Lord"!

III. HOLY SERVICE IS PROMPTED BY THE GRACIOUS INFLUENCES OF THE HOLY SPIRIT. Regeneration and sanctification are the especial work of the Holy Ghost. "His cleansing influences are symbolized by the waters of baptism. God's servants all need the "washing of regeneration and the renewing of the Holy Ghost." There is appropriateness in the direction, "Sanctify yourselves;" for the means of grace are within the reach of Christians, who may obtain the gift of the Spirit by asking that gift from a merciful and liberal Father in heaven. - T.

Sanctify yourselves.
I. PERSONAL HOLINESS REQUIRED IN THOSE WHO SERVE.

1. In heart.

2. In life.

II. PERSONAL HOLINESS THE PATTERN ACCORDING TO WHICH WE MUST SERVE (Ephesians 5:1).

III. PERSONAL HOLINESS IS THE ONLY CONDITION ON WHICH WE CAN SERVE.

1. By this we influence others.

2. By this we answer the end of our being. "He hath not called you to uncleanness, but unto holiness."

(J. Wolfendale.)

People
Aaron, Abiathar, Amasai, Amminadab, Asaiah, Asaph, Azaziah, Aziel, Bani, Ben, Benaiah, Berechiah, Chenaniah, David, Eliab, Eliel, Eliezer, Elipheleh, Elizaphan, Elkanah, Ethan, Gershom, Gershon, Heman, Jaaziel, Jehiah, Jehiel, Jehoshaphat, Jeiel, Joel, Joshaphat, Kohath, Kushaiah, Levites, Maaseiah, Mattithiah, Merari, Merarites, Michal, Mikneiah, Nethaneel, Obededom, Saul, Shebaniah, Shemaiah, Shemiramoth, Unni, Uriel, Uzziel, Zadok, Zechariah
Places
Gezer, Jerusalem
Topics
Ark, Brethren, Bring, Brothers, Chief, Consecrate, Families, Fathers, Fellow, Hallow, Heads, Holy, Households, Houses, Levites, Levitical, Prepared, Ready, Relatives, Sanctify, Yourselves
Outline
1. David having prepared a place for the ark,
15. the priests and Levites bring it from Obed-Edom
25. He performs the solemnity thereof with great joy
29. Michal despises him

Dictionary of Bible Themes
1 Chronicles 15:12

     8218   consecration

1 Chronicles 15:1-16

     7390   Levites

Library
April the Sixteenth Priests of the Lord
"None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites." --1 CHRONICLES xv. 1-3, 11-15. There are prepared people for prepared offices. The Lord will fit the man to the function, the anointed and consecrated priest for the consecrated and consecrating ministry. But now, in the larger purpose of the Lord, and in "the exceeding riches of His grace," everybody may be a priest of the Lord. "He hath made us to be priests and kings unto God." And He will prepare us to carry our ark, and to "minister in
John Henry Jowett—My Daily Meditation for the Circling Year

The King --Continued.
The years thus well begun are, in the historical books, characterized mainly by three events, namely, the bringing up of the ark to the newly won city of David, Nathan's prophecy of the perpetual dominion of his house, and his victories over the surrounding nations. These three hinges of the narrative are all abundantly illustrated in the psalms. As to the first, we have relics of the joyful ceremonial connected with it in two psalms, the fifteenth and twenty-fourth, which are singularly alike not
Alexander Maclaren—The Life of David

The Lord's Supper
And as they did eat, Jesus took bread,' &c. Mark 14: 22. Having spoken to the sacrament of baptism, I come now to the sacrament of the Lord's Supper. The Lord's Supper is the most spiritual and sweetest ordinance that ever was instituted. Here we have to do more immediately with the person of Christ. In prayer, we draw nigh to God; in the sacrament, we become one with him. In prayer, we look up to Christ; in the sacrament, by faith, we touch him. In the word preached, we hear Christ's voice; in the
Thomas Watson—The Ten Commandments

Chronicles
The comparative indifference with which Chronicles is regarded in modern times by all but professional scholars seems to have been shared by the ancient Jewish church. Though written by the same hand as wrote Ezra-Nehemiah, and forming, together with these books, a continuous history of Judah, it is placed after them in the Hebrew Bible, of which it forms the concluding book; and this no doubt points to the fact that it attained canonical distinction later than they. Nor is this unnatural. The book
John Edgar McFadyen—Introduction to the Old Testament

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