1 Chronicles 15:2

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Then David insisted that only the Levites carry God’s ark because the Lord had chosen them to carry his ark and to serve him forever.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

When those who carried the ark of the Lord had gone six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fattened calf.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It shouldn’t be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Exodus 25:14

Put the poles through the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry it.

Isaiah 66:21

“I will make some of them priests and Levites,” declares the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi, and have them stand in front of the priest Aaron to assist him.

Numbers 3:9

Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. The Levites will be the only Israelites given to them.

Numbers 7:9

But Moses gave none of these gifts to the Kohathites, because they took care of the holy things. They had to carry the holy things on their own shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s promise, to stand in the Lord’s presence when they serve him as priests, and to praise his name, as they still do today.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote down these teachings and gave them to the Levitical priests who carried the ark of the Lord’s promise and to all the leaders of Israel.

Joshua 3:3

They told the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the promise of the Lord your God and the Levitical priests who carry it, break camp and follow them.

Joshua 6:6

Joshua, son of Nun, summoned the priests. He said to them, “Pick up the ark of the promise, and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns ahead of the Lord’s ark.”