1 Chronicles 15:2

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then David commanded that no one but the Levites were to carry the ark of God, for the Lord had chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister to him forever.

Cross References

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.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were holy to the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the house that Solomon son of David, king of Israel, built; you need no longer carry it on your shoulders. Now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Exodus 25:14

And you shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, for carrying the ark.

Isaiah 66:21

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

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.

Numbers 3:9

You shall give the Levites to Aaron and his descendants; they are unreservedly given to him from among the Israelites.

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.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Then Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 3:3

and commanded the people, “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by the Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place. Follow it,

Joshua 6:6

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.”