Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
Numbers 10:21 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. Flere versionerKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Kohathites set forward, bearing the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before they arrived. American Standard Version (1901) And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming. Common English Bible The Kohathites, who carried the holy things, marched. The dwelling would be set up before their arrival. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Kohathites also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up. |
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.
These were the sons of Levi after their fathers' houses, even the heads of the fathers' houses of those of them that were counted, in the number of names by their polls, who did the work for the service of the house of the LORD, from twenty years old and upward.
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who bare the tabernacle, set forward.
And over the host of the tribe of the children of Gad was Eliasaph the son of Deuel.
Then the tent of meeting shall set forward, with the camp of the Levites in the midst of the camps: as they encamp, so shall they set forward, every man in his place, by their standards.
but they shall not go in to see the sanctuary even for a moment, lest they die.
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.