And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord.
Numbers 4:5 - New International Version (Anglicised) When the camp is to move, Aaron and his sons are to go in and take down the shielding curtain and put it over the ark of the covenant law. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall come, and his sons, and they shall take down the covering vail, and cover the ark of testimony with it: Amplified Bible - Classic Edition When the camp prepares to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall take down the veil [screening the Holy of Holies] and cover the ark of the Testimony with it, American Standard Version (1901) when the camp setteth forward, Aaron shall go in, and his sons, and they shall take down the veil of the screen, and cover the ark of the testimony with it, Common English Bible When it’s time to break camp, Aaron and his sons will enter and take down the screening curtain, and they will cover the chest containing the covenant with it. Catholic Public Domain Version Aaron and his sons shall enter, when the camp is going to move, and they shall take down the veil, which hangs before the entrance, and they shall wrap the ark of the testimony in it, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version When the camp is to set forward, Aaron and his sons shall go into the tabernacle of the covenant, and the holy of holies, and shall take down the veil that hangeth before the door, and shall wrap up the ark of the testimony in it, |
And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded in accordance with the word of the Lord.
the Levites no longer need to carry the tabernacle or any of the articles used in its service.’
He made the curtain of blue, purple and crimson yarn and fine linen, with cherubim worked into it.
They made the curtain of blue, purple and scarlet yarn and finely twisted linen, with cherubim woven into it by a skilled worker.
Place the ark of the covenant law in it and shield the ark with the curtain.
Place the gold altar of incense in front of the ark of the covenant law and put the curtain at the entrance to the tabernacle.
On this mountain he will destroy the shroud that enfolds all peoples, the sheet that covers all nations;
The Lord said to Moses: ‘Tell your brother Aaron that he is not to come whenever he chooses into the Most Holy Place behind the curtain in front of the atonement cover on the ark, or else he will die. For I will appear in the cloud over the atonement cover.
The divisions of the camp of Judah went first, under their standard. Nahshon son of Amminadab was in command.
‘After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move, only then are the Kohathites to come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy things or they will die. The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.
‘This is the work of the Kohathites at the tent of meeting: the care of the most holy things.
But Moses did not give any to the Kohathites, because they were to carry on their shoulders the holy things, for which they were responsible.
At that moment the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom. The earth shook, the rocks split
So Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the Levitical priests, who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.
by a new and living way opened for us through the curtain, that is, his body,
But God struck down some of the inhabitants of Beth Shemesh, putting seventy of them to death because they looked into the ark of the Lord. The people mourned because of the heavy blow the Lord had dealt them.