ThenDavidsaid,"Noone is to carrythe arkof Godbut the Levites;for the LORDchosethem to carrythe arkof Godand to ministerto Him forever."
And so it was, that whenthe bearersof the arkof the LORDhad gonesixpaces,he sacrificedan oxand a fatling.
He also saidto the Leviteswho taughtallIsrael[and] who were holyto the LORD,"Putthe holyarkin the housewhichSolomonthe sonof Davidkingof Israelbuilt;it will be a burdenon [your] shouldersnolonger. Nowservethe LORDyour Godand His peopleIsrael.
"You shall putthe polesinto the ringson the sidesof the ark,to carrythe arkwith them.
"I will alsotakesomeof them for priests[and] for Levites,"saysthe LORD.
"Bringthe tribeof Levinearand setthem beforeAaronthe priest,that they may servehim.
"You shall thus givethe Levitesto Aaronand to his sons;they are whollygivento him from among the sonsof Israel.
But he did not give[any] to the sonsof Kohathbecausetheirs[was] the serviceof the holy[objects, which] they carriedon the shoulder.
At that timethe LORDsetapartthe tribeof Levito carrythe arkof the covenantof the LORD,to standbeforethe LORDto serveHim and to blessin His nameuntilthisday.
So Moseswrotethislawand gaveit to the priests,the sonsof Leviwho carriedthe arkof the covenantof the LORD,and to allthe eldersof Israel.
and they commandedthe people,saying,"When you seethe arkof the covenantof the LORDyour Godwith the Leviticalpriestscarryingit, then you shall setout from your placeand goafterit.
So Joshuathe sonof Nuncalledthe priestsand saidto them, "Takeup the arkof the covenant,and let sevenpriestscarryseventrumpetsof rams'hornsbeforethe arkof the LORD."
