NIV: It was because you, the Levites, did not bring it up the first time that the LORD our God broke out in anger against us. We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way."
NAS: "Because you did not carry it at the first, the LORD our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance."
KJV: For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
GWT: Because you weren't there the first time, the LORD our God struck us. We hadn't dedicated our lives to serving him in the way [he] designated."
ASV: For because ye bare it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not according to the ordinance.
BBE: For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
DBY: For because ye did it not at the first, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
DRB: Lest as the Lord at first struck us, because you were not present, the same should now also come to pass, by our doing some thing against the law.
WBS: For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
WEB: For because you didn't carry it at first, Yahweh our God made broke out against us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance."
YLT: because at the first it was not ye, Jehovah our God made a breach upon us, because we sought Him not according to the ordinance.'
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