1 Chronicles 15:15

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:12

It was told King David, “The Lord has blessed the household of Obed-edom and all that belongs to him because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-edom to the city of David with rejoicing,

2 Samuel 6:13

and when those who bore the ark of the Lord had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatted calf.

1 Kings 8:8

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.

1 Chronicles 13:10

The anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzzah; he struck him down because he put out his hand to the ark, and he died there before God.

2 Chronicles 5:9

The poles were so long that the ends of the poles were seen from the holy place in front of the inner sanctuary, but they could not be seen from outside; they are there to this day.

Exodus 40:20

He took the covenant and put it into the ark and put the poles on the ark and set the cover above the ark,

Numbers 4:15

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that the Kohathites shall come to carry these, but they must not touch the holy things, or they will die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the Kohathites are to carry.

Numbers 7:9

But to the Kohathites he gave none, because they were charged with the care of the holy things that had to be carried on the shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry 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.