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1 Chronicles 15:2

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

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In The King James Version

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.

In Context

1David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.

3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.

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Cross References

Numbers 3:6“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Numbers 4:2“Take a census of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, by their families, by their fathers’ houses,

Numbers 4:19but do this to them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in and appoint everyone to his service and to his burden;

Numbers 8:13You shall set the Levites before Aaron and before his sons, and offer them as a wave offering to the LORD.

Numbers 18:1The LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your fathers’ house with you shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

Deuteronomy 31:9Moses wrote this law and delivered it to the priests the sons of Levi, who bore the ark of the LORD’s covenant, and 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 →

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