4. Next he sent for the descendants of Aaron and for the Levites.
5. From the Levite clan of Kohath came Uriel, in charge of 120 members of his clan;
6. from the clan of Merari came Asaiah, in charge of 220;
7. from the clan of Gershon, Joel, in charge of 130;
8. from the clan of Elizaphan, Shemaiah, in charge of 200;
9. from the clan of Hebron, Eliel, in charge of eighty;
10. and from the clan of Uzziel, Amminadab, in charge of 112.
11. David called in the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the six Levites, Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab.
12. He said to the Levites, “You are the leaders of the Levite clans. Purify yourselves and your fellow-Levites, so that you can bring the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel to the place I have prepared for it.
13. Because you were not there to carry it the first time, the Lord our God punished us for not worshipping him as we should have done.”
14. Then the priests and the Levites purified themselves in order to move the Covenant Box of the Lord God of Israel.