Numbers 4:15

New Century Version

“When the Israelites are ready to move, and when Aaron and his sons have covered the holy furniture and all the holy things, the Kohathites may go in and carry them away. In this way they won’t touch the holy things and die. It is the Kohathites’ job to carry the things that are in the Meeting Tent.

Cross References

2 Samuel 15:24

Zadok and all the Levites with him carried the Ark of the Agreement with God. They set it down, and Abiathar offered sacrifices until all the people had left the city.

2 Samuel 6:13

When the men carrying the Ark of the Lord had walked six steps, David sacrificed a bull and a fat calf.

1 Kings 8:3

When all the elders of Israel arrived, the priests lifted up the Ark.

1 Chronicles 15:15

The Levites used special poles to carry the Ark of God on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded, just as the Lord had said they should.

1 Chronicles 15:2

David said, “Only the Levites may carry the Ark of God. The Lord chose them to carry the Ark of the Lord and to serve him forever.”

1 Chronicles 23:26

So the Levites don’t need to carry the Holy Tent or any of the things used in its services anymore.”

Exodus 19:12

But you must set a limit around the mountain that the people are not to cross. Tell them not to go up on the mountain and not to touch the foot of it. Anyone who touches the mountain must be put to death

Exodus 19:21

The Lord said to Moses, “Go down and warn the people that they must not force their way through to see me. If they do, many of them will die.

Exodus 27:7

Put the poles through the rings on both sides of the altar to carry it.

Leviticus 16:13

He must put the incense on the fire before the Lord so that the cloud of incense will cover the lid on the Ark. Then when Aaron comes in, he will not die.

Numbers 1:50

Instead put the Levites in charge of the Holy Tent of the Agreement and everything that is with it. They must carry the Holy Tent and everything in it, and they must take care of it and make their camp around it.

Numbers 1:51

Any time the Holy Tent is moved, the Levites must take it down, and any time it is set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who goes near the Holy Tent will be put to death.

Numbers 10:21

Then came the Kohathites, who carried the holy things; the Holy Tent was to be set up before they arrived.

Numbers 18:3

They are under your control, to do all the work that needs to be done in the Tent. But they must not go near the things in the Holy Place or near the altar. If they do, both you and they will die.

Numbers 3:38

Moses, Aaron, and his sons camped east of the Holy Tent, toward the sunrise, in front of the Meeting Tent. They were responsible for the Holy Place for the Israelites. Anyone else who came near the Holy Place was to be put to death.

Numbers 4:14

They must gather all the things used for serving at the altar—the pans for carrying the fire, the meat forks, the shovels, and the bowls—and put them on the bronze altar. Then they must spread a covering of fine leather over it and put the poles in place.

Numbers 4:19

Do this for the Kohathites so that they may go near the Most Holy Place and not die: Aaron and his sons must go in and show each Kohathite what to do and what to carry.

Numbers 4:20

The Kohathites must not enter and look at the holy things, even for a second, or they will die.”

Numbers 7:9

Moses did not give any oxen or carts to the Kohathites, because their job was to carry the holy things on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 31:9

So Moses wrote down these teachings and gave them to the priests and all the elders of Israel. (The priests are the sons of Levi, who carry the Ark of the Agreement with the Lord.)

Joshua 4:10

The priests carrying the Ark continued standing in the middle of the river until everything was done that the Lord had commanded Joshua to tell the people, just as Moses had told Joshua. The people hurried across the river.

1 Samuel 6:19

But some of the men of Beth Shemesh looked into the Ark of the Lord. So God killed seventy of them. The people of Beth Shemesh cried because the Lord had struck them down.