1 Chronicles 15:2

Tree of Life Version

Then David said, “No one should carry the Ark of God except the Levites, for Adonai has chosen them to carry the Ark of Adonai and to serve Him forever.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 6:13

Now when the bearers of the ark of Adonai had gone six paces, he sacrificed an ox and a fatling.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel and who were consecrated to Adonai, “Put the holy Ark in the House which Solomon the son of King David of Israel built. Since it is no longer a burden on your shoulders now, serve Adonai your God and His people Israel.

Exodus 25:14

You are to put the poles into the rings on the sides of the Ark, in order to carry the Ark.

Isaiah 66:21

I will also take some of them as priests and for Levites,” says Adonai.

Numbers 3:6

“Gather the tribe of Levi near, and appoint them to attend to Aaron the kohen.

Numbers 3:9

You are to give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. Out of Bnei-Yisrael they are dedicated entirely to him.

Numbers 7:9

But to the sons of Kohath he did not give any because their responsibility was carrying the holy items on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time Adonai set the tribe of Levi apart to carry the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai, to stand before Adonai to serve Him and to pronounce blessings in His Name—as is the case to this day.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote down this Torah and gave it to the kohanim, the sons of Levi who carry the Ark of the Covenant of Adonai, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 3:3

and they charged the people saying, “When you see the ark of the covenant of Adonai your God and the Levitical kohanim carrying it, then you must set out from your place and follow it.

Joshua 6:6

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the kohanim and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant. Let seven kohanim carry seven shofarot of rams’ horns before the ark of Adonai.”