1 Chronicles 15:2 “Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, bec…”

1 Chronicles 15:2

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 forever.”

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

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.

World English Bible

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.”

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

Then Dauid saide, None ought to carie the Arke of God, but the Leuites: for the Lord hath chosen them to beare the Arke of the Lord, and to minister vnto him for euer.

Darby Translation

Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites, for them has Jehovah chosen to carry the ark of God, and to serve him for ever.

Young's Literal Translation

Then said David, 'None [are] to carry the ark of God, except the Levites, for on them hath Jehovah fixed to carry the ark of God, and to serve Him — unto the age.'

Bible in Basic English

Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.

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Cross references

“them hath”

Deuteronomy 10:8 Deuteronomy 31:9 Numbers 4:2–15 Joshua 3:3 Joshua 6:6 Numbers 7:9

Deuteronomy 10:8 · BSB

At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as they do to this day.

Deuteronomy 31:9 · BSB

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

Numbers 4:2–15 · BSB

“Take a census of the Kohathites among the Levites by their clans and families,

Joshua 3:3 · BSB

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.

Joshua 6:6 · BSB

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”

Numbers 7:9 · BSB

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.

“to minister”

Numbers 18:1–8 Numbers 8:24–26 Jeremiah 33:17–22 Isaiah 66:21 Numbers 8:13 Numbers 8:14

Numbers 18:1–8 · BSB

So the LORD said to Aaron, “You and your sons and your father’s house must bear the iniquity involving the sanctuary. And you and your sons alone must bear the iniquity involving your priesthood.

Numbers 8:24–26 · BSB

“This applies to the Levites: Men twenty-five years of age or older shall enter to perform the service in the work at the Tent of Meeting.

Jeremiah 33:17–22 · BSB

For this is what the LORD says: David will never lack a man to sit on the throne of the house of Israel,

Isaiah 66:21 · BSB

“And I will select some of them as priests and Levites,” says the LORD.

Numbers 8:13 · BSB

You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons and then present them before the LORD as a wave offering.

Numbers 8:14 · BSB

In this way you shall separate the Levites from the rest of the Israelites, and the Levites will belong to Me.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

1David constructed buildings for himself in the City of David, and he prepared a place for the ark of God and pitched a tent for it.

3And David assembled all Israel in Jerusalem to bring up the ark of the LORD to the place he had prepared for it.

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