Reading I
2 Sam 6:12b-15, 17-19
And it was told king David, that the Lord had blessed Obededom, and all that he had, because of the ark of God. So David went, and brought away the ark of God out of the house of Obededom into the city of David with joy. And there were with David seven choirs, and calves for victims.
And when they that carried the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed and ox and a ram:
And David danced with all his might before the Lord: and David was girded with a linen ephod.
And David and all the louse of Israel brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord with joyful shouting, and with sound of trumpet.
And they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle, which David had pitched for it: and David offered holocausts, and peace offerings before the Lord.
And when he had made an end of offering holocausts and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.
And he distributed to all the multitude of Israel, both men and women, to every one, a cake of bread, and a piece of roasted beef, and fine flour fried with oil: and all the people departed every one to his own house.