1 Chronicles 15:2

Hebrew Names version (HNV)

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 forever.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

It was so, that, when those who bore the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Yisra'el, who were holy to the LORD, Put the holy ark in the house which Shlomo the son of David king of Yisra'el did build; there shall no more be a burden on your shoulders: now serve the LORD your God, and his people Yisra'el.

Exodus 25:14

You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark to carry the ark.

Isaiah 66:21

Of them also will I take for Kohanim [and] for Levites, says the LORD.

Numbers 3:6

*Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aharon the Kohen, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aharon and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Yisra'el.

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kehat he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the LORD set apart 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

Moshe wrote this law, and delivered it to the Kohanim the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and to all the elders of Yisra'el.

Joshua 3:3

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

Joshua 6:6

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