12 the Levitical singers dressed in fine linen and carrying cymbals, harps, and lyres(A) were standing east of the altar, and with them were 120 priests blowing trumpets.(B) The Levitical singers were descendants of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun and their sons(C) and relatives. 13 The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the Lord with one voice. They raised their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments,(D) in praise to the Lord:

For he is good;
his faithful love endures forever.(E)

The temple, the Lord’s temple, was filled with a cloud.(F) 14 And because of the cloud, the priests were not able to continue ministering, for the glory of the Lord filled God’s temple.(G)

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12 All the Levites who were musicians(A)—Asaph, Heman, Jeduthun and their sons and relatives—stood on the east side of the altar, dressed in fine linen and playing cymbals, harps and lyres. They were accompanied by 120 priests sounding trumpets.(B) 13 The trumpeters and musicians joined in unison to give praise and thanks to the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals and other instruments, the singers raised their voices in praise to the Lord and sang:

“He is good;
    his love endures forever.”(C)

Then the temple of the Lord was filled with the cloud,(D) 14 and the priests could not perform(E) their service because of the cloud,(F) for the glory(G) of the Lord filled the temple of God.

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