1 Chronicles 15:2

New King James Version

Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of God and to minister before Him forever.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

And so it was, when those bearing the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, that he sacrificed oxen and fatted sheep.

2 Chronicles 35:3

Then he said to the Levites who taught all Israel, who were holy to the Lord: “Put the holy ark in the house which Solomon the son of David, king of Israel, built. It shall no longer be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and His people Israel.

Exodus 25:14

You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, that the ark may be carried by them.

Isaiah 66:21

And I will also take some of them for priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

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

Numbers 3:9

And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the holy things, which they carried 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

So Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who 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 set out from your place and go after it.

Joshua 6:6

Then 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.”