Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
Numbers 3:9 - Hebrew Names version (HNV) You shall give the Levites to Aharon and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Yisra'el. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And you shall give the Levites [as servants and helpers] to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the Israelites. American Standard Version (1901) And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him on the behalf of the children of Israel. Common English Bible You will give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been assigned as a gift to him from the Israelites. Catholic Public Domain Version And you shall give the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons; for they have been delivered to them by the sons of Israel. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And thou shalt give the Levites for a gift, |
Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them has the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.
These are those who waited, and their sons. Of the sons of the Kehati: Heman the singer, the son of Yo'el, the son of Shemu'el,
The temple servants 1: the children of Tzicha, the children of Chasufa, the children of Tabba`ot,
They set the Kohanim in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses, for the service of God, which is at Yerushalayim; as it is written in the book of Moshe.
and of the temple servants 1, whom David and the princes had given for the service of the Levites, two hundred and twenty temple servants 1: all of them were mentioned by name.
[seems it but] a small thing to you, that the God of Yisra'el has separated you from the congregation of Yisra'el, to bring you near to himself, to do the service of the tent of the LORD, and to stand before the congregation to minister to them;
Your brothers also, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, bring you near with you, that they may be joined to you, and minister to you: but you and your sons with you shall be before the tent of the testimony.
They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Yisra'el, to do the service of the tabernacle.
Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the children of Yisra'el, and the Levites shall be mine.
For they are wholly given to me from among the children of Yisra'el; instead of all who open the womb, even the firstborn of all the children of Yisra'el, I have taken them to me.
I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yisra'el.
I have given the Levites as a gift to Aharon and to his sons from among the children of Yisra'el, to do the service of the children of Yisra'el in the Tent of Meeting, and to make atonement for the children of Yisra'el; that there be no plague among the children of Yisra'el, when the children of Yisra'el come near to the sanctuary.*
He gave some to be emissaries; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, shepherds and teachers;
Therefore he says, *When he ascended on high, he led captivity captive, and gave gifts to men.*