King David was told, “YHWH has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
1 Kings 8:3 - Y'all Version Bible All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition All the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. American Standard Version (1901) And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark. Common English Bible When all of Israel’s elders had arrived, the priests picked up the chest. Catholic Public Domain Version And all the elders of Israel arrived, and the priests took up the ark. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And all the ancients of Israel came: and the priests took up the ark, |
King David was told, “YHWH has blessed the house of Obed-Edom, and all that belongs to him, because of the ark of God.” So David went and brought up the ark of God from the house of Obed-Edom into David’s city with joy.
The priests brought in the ark of YHWH’s covenant to its place, into the inner sanctuary of the house, to the most holy place, even under the cherubim’s wings.
Then David said, “No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites. For YHWH has chosen them to carry the ark of God, and to minister to him forever.”
“When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furniture of the sanctuary, and when the camp moves forward, then the sons of Kohath are to come to carry it. But they must not touch the sanctuary or they till they die. The sons of Kohath are to carry these things belonging to the Tent of Meeting.
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of YHWH’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.
and they commanded the people, saying, “When y’all see the ark of the covenant of YHWH y’all’s God, and the Levitical priests carrying it, y’all are to set out from y’all’s place and follow it.
Joshua spoke to the priests, saying, “Y’all take up the ark of the covenant and cross over ahead the people.” They took up the ark of the covenant and went ahead the people.
Joshua set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the feet of the priests who bore the ark of the covenant stood. They remain there to this day.
Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them, “Y’all pick up the ark of the covenant, and have seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns in front of the ark of YHWH.”