1 Chronicles 15:2

American King James Version (1999)

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him for ever.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

And it was so, that when they that bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatted calves.

2 Chronicles 35:3

And said to the Levites that taught all Israel, which were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David king of Israel did build; it shall not be a burden on your shoulders: serve now the LORD your God, and his people Israel,

Exodus 25:14

And you shall put the staves into the rings by the sides of the ark, that the ark may be borne with them.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, said the LORD.

Numbers 3:6

Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel.

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging to them was that they should bear on 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 to him, and to bless in his name, to this day.

Deuteronomy 31:9

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, which bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 3:3

And they commanded the people, saying, When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then you shall remove from your place, and go after it.

Joshua 6:6

And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams' horns before the ark of the LORD.