1 Chronicles 15:2 - Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

² 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.’

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

² Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the LORD chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

² Then David said, None should carry the ark of God but the Levites, for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.

American Standard Version (1901)

² Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

Common English Bible

² David said, “Only the Levites may carry God’s chest, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the LORD’s chest and to minister to him forever.”

Catholic Public Domain Version

² Then David said: "It is illicit for anyone to carry the ark of God except the Levites, whom the Lord chose to carry it and to minister to himself, even unto eternity."

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

² Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.

1 Chronicles 15:2 Tagairtí Cros

2 Samuel 6:13

When those carrying the ark of the Lord advanced six steps, he sacrificed an ox and a fattened calf.

2 Chronicles 35:3

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel  the holy things of the Lord, ‘Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders,  now serve the Lord your God and his people Israel.

Exodus 25:14

Insert the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark in order to carry the ark with them.

Isaiah 66:21

I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,’  says the Lord.

Numbers 3:6

‘Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him.

Numbers 3:9

Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him  from the Israelites.

Numbers 7:9

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects  carried on their shoulders.

Deuteronomy 10:8

‘At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi  to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before the Lord to serve him, and to pronounce blessings in his name, as it is today.

Deuteronomy 31:9

Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

Joshua 3:3

and commanded the people, ‘When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests,  you are to break camp and follow it.

Joshua 6:6

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, ‘Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the Lord.’