"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 G…" — 1 Chronicles 15:2

1 Chronicles 15:2 · KJV

“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. {None...: Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites}”

— 1 Chronicles 15:2

Verse 1

And {David} made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

Verse 3

And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

1 Chronicles 15 — Context

And {David} made him houses in the city of David, and prepared a place for the ark of God, and pitched for it a tent.

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. {None...: Heb. It is not to carry the ark of God, but for the Levites}

And David gathered all Israel together to Jerusalem, to bring up the ark of the LORD unto his place, which he had prepared for it.

And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites:

Cross References

Deuteronomy 10:8

At that time the LORD separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

Deuteronomy 31:9

And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

Numbers 18:1-8

And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Jeremiah 33:17-22

For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel; {David...: Heb. There shall not be cut off from David}

Numbers 8:24-26

This {is it} that {belongeth} unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation: {to...: Heb. to war the warfare of, etc}

Numbers 4:2-15

Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

Numbers 8:13-14

And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them {for} an offering unto the LORD.

Joshua 3:3

And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

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