1 Chronicles 15:2
Then David said, “Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for they had been chosen by Yahweh to carry the ark of Yahweh, and to serve him forever.”
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Numbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest for them to help him.
Numbers 4:2“Conduct a census of the male descendants of Kohath from among the Levites, by their clans and families.
Numbers 4:19Protect them, that they may live and not die, by doing this. When they approach the most holy things
Numbers 8:13Present the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and lift them up as a wave offering to me.
Numbers 18:1Yahweh said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestor's clan will be responsible for all sins committed against the sanctuary. But only you and your sons with you will be responsible for all sins committed by anyone in the priesthood.
Deuteronomy 31:9Moses wrote this law and gave it out to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the covenant of Yahweh; he also gave copies of it to all the elders of Israel.
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 →