1 Chronicles 15:2

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Then Dawiḏ said, “No one is to lift the ark of Elohim but the Lĕwites, for יהוה has chosen them to lift the ark of Elohim and to serve Him forever.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

And it came to be, when those bearing the ark of יהוה had gone six steps, that he slaughtered bulls and fatted sheep.

2 Chronicles 35:3

and said to the Lĕwites who were teaching all Yisra’ĕl, who were set-apart to יהוה, “Put the set-apart ark in the house which Shelomoh son of Dawiḏ, sovereign of Yisra’ĕl, built. It is no longer to be a burden on your shoulders. Now serve יהוה your Elohim and His people Yisra’ĕl,

Exodus 25:14

and shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to lift up the ark by them.

Isaiah 66:21

“And from them too I shall take for priests – for Lĕwites,” declares יהוה.

Numbers 3:6

“Bring the tribe of Lĕwi near, and set them before Aharon the priest, and they shall serve him,

Numbers 3:9

“And you shall give the Lĕwites to Aharon and his sons. They are the given ones, given to him from among the children of Yisra’ĕl.

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Qehath he gave none, because theirs was the service of the set-apart objects, which they bore on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time יהוה separated the tribe of Lĕwi to bear the ark of the covenant of יהוה, to stand before יהוה, to serve Him, and to bless in His Name, to this day.

Deuteronomy 31:9

And Mosheh wrote this Torah and gave it to the priests, the sons of Lĕwi, who bore the ark of the covenant of יהוה, and to all the elders of Yisra’ĕl.

Joshua 3:3

and they commanded the people, saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of יהוה your Elohim, and the priests, the Lĕwites, bearing it, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.

Joshua 6:6

And Yehoshua son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven shopharot of yoḇelim before the ark of יהוה.”