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1 Kings 8:3

1 At that time Solomon assembled before him in Jerusalem the elders of Israel—all the tribal heads and family leaders of the Israelites—to bring up the ark of the covenant of the LORD from Zion, the City of David.

2 And all the men of Israel came together to King Solomon at the feast in the seventh month, the month of Ethanim.

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

4 and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.

5 There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled with him sacrificed so many sheep and oxen that they could not be counted or numbered.

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BSB
When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
KJV
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
WEB
All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.
ASV
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
DARBY
And all the elders of Israel came; and the priests took up the ark.
BLB
And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.
ÅB
Da nå alle Israels eldste var kommet, løftet prestene arken opp.
OTB
Da kom alle Israels eldste, og prestene bar arken.
B1930
Da nu alle Israels eldste var kommet, løftet prestene arken op.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:9

    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.

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  • Joshua 3:6

    And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.

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  • Numbers 4:15

    When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.

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  • Joshua 3:3

    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.

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  • Joshua 4:9

    Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.

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  • Joshua 3:14–15

    So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them.

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  • Joshua 6:6

    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.”

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  • 2 Chronicles 5:5–8

    and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up.

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