1 Chronicles 15:15 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

¹⁵ And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁵ And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁵ The Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses commanded by the word of the Lord.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁵ And the children of the Levites bare the ark of God upon their shoulders with the staves thereon, as Moses commanded according to the word of Jehovah.

Common English Bible

¹⁵ The Levites carried God’s chest with poles on their shoulders, just as Moses had commanded according to the LORD’s word.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁵ And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, just as Moses had instructed, in accord with the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders by the bars.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁵ And the sons of Levi took the ark of God, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord, upon their shoulders, with the staves.

1 Chronicles 15:15 Cross References

2 Samuel 6:12

And it was told king David, saying, The LORD hath blessed the house of Obed-edom, and all that pertaineth to him, because of the ark of God. And David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom into the city of David with joy.

2 Samuel 6:13

And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

1 Kings 8:8

And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the holy place before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there they are, unto this day.

1 Chronicles 13:10

And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzza, and he smote him, because he put forth his hand to the ark: and there he died before God.

2 Chronicles 5:9

And the staves were so long that the ends of the staves were seen from the ark before the oracle; but they were not seen without: and there it is, unto this day.

Exodus 40:20

And he took and put the testimony into the ark, and set the staves on the ark, and put the mercy-seat above upon the ark:

Numbers 4:15

And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the furniture of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but they shall not touch the sanctuary, lest they die. These things are the burden of the sons of Kohath in the tent of meeting.

Numbers 7:9

But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.