Then David said, ‘No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him for ever.’
Numbers 10:21 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised The Kohathites then set out, transporting the holy objects; the tabernacle was to be set up before their arrival. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the other did set up the tabernacle against they came. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Then the Kohathites set forward, bearing the holy things, and the tabernacle was set up before they arrived. American Standard Version (1901) And the Kohathites set forward, bearing the sanctuary: and the others did set up the tabernacle against their coming. Common English Bible The Kohathites, who carried the holy things, marched. The dwelling would be set up before their arrival. Catholic Public Domain Version Then the Kohathites also set out, carrying the Sanctuary. The tabernacle was carried, all the while, until they arrived at the place for setting it up. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Then the Caathites also marched carrying the sanctuary. So long was the tabernacle carried, till they same to the place of setting it up. |
Then David said, ‘No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the Lord has chosen them to carry the ark of the Lord and to minister before him for ever.’
These were the descendants of Levi by their ancestral families #– #the family heads, according to their registration by name in the headcount #– #twenty years old or more, who worked in the service of the Lord’s temple.
Whenever the tabernacle is to move, the Levites are to take it down, and whenever it is to stop at a campsite, the Levites are to set it up. Any unauthorised person who comes near it is to be put to death.
The tabernacle was then taken down, and the Gershonites and the Merarites set out, transporting the tabernacle.
and Eliasaph son of Deuel was over the division of the tribe of Gad’s descendants.
The tent of meeting is to move out with the Levites’ camp, which is in the middle of the camps. They are to move out just as they camp, each in his place, with their banners.
The Kohathites are not to go in and look at the holy objects as they are covered or they will die.’
But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.