24 And here also there were Zaʹdok+ and with him all the Levites+ carrying+ the ark+ of the covenant of the [true] God; and they proceeded to set the ark of the [true] God down by A·biʹa·thar*+ until all the people completed crossing over from the city.
12 and he went on to say to them: “YOU are the heads+ of the fathers of the Levites. Sanctify+ yourselves, YOU and YOUR brothers, and YOU must bring the ark of Jehovah the God of Israel up to the place that* I have prepared for it.