1 Chronicles 15:2
Then Dovid said, None may carry Aron HaElohim but the Levi'im; for them hath Hashem bachar (chosen) to carry the Aron HaElohim, and to minister unto Him ad olam.
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Numbers 3:6Bring the tribe of Levi near, + 3:6 i.e., present them as offerings are presented and present them before Aharon HaKohen, that they may minister unto him. + 3:6 i.e., help, be of service to him
Numbers 4:2Take the census of the Bnei Kehat from among the Bnei Levi, after their mishpekhot, by the bais of their avot,
Numbers 4:19But this do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto kodesh hakodashim (the most holy things): Aharon and his banim shall go in, and appoint them every one to his avodah (service, ministry) and to his massa (burden);
Numbers 8:13And thou shalt set the Levi'im before Aharon, and before his Banim, and offer them for a tenufah unto Hashem.
Numbers 18:1And Hashem said unto Aharon, Thou and thy Banim and thy Bais Av with thee shall bear the avon (guilt) of the Mikdash; and thou and thy Banim with thee shall bear the avon of the kehunah of you. + 18:1 See Ro 3:1
Deuteronomy 31:9And Moshe wrote this torah, and delivered it unto the kohanim, the Bnei Levi, which bore the Aron Brit Hashem and unto kol Ziknei Yisroel.
Matthew Henry on 1 Chronicles 15:2-25
The Removal of the Ark. ( b. c. 1047.) 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. 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. 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. 4 And David assembled the children of Aaron, and the Levites: 5 Of… Read the whole commentary →