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13 Those who carried the ark of the Lord took six steps and then David[a] sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf. 14 Now David, wearing a linen ephod, was dancing with all his strength before the Lord.[b] 15 David and all Israel[c] were bringing up the ark of the Lord, shouting and blowing trumpets.[d]

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Samuel 6:13 tn Heb “he”; the referent (David) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
  2. 2 Samuel 6:14 tn Heb “and David was dancing with all his strength before the Lord, and David was girded with a linen ephod.”
  3. 2 Samuel 6:15 tc Heb “all the house of Israel.” A few medieval Hebrew mss and the Syriac Peshitta lack the words “the house.”
  4. 2 Samuel 6:15 tn Heb “the shofar” (the ram’s horn trumpet).