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1 Chronicles 15:2

David
Serving othersGod's holiness

1 David 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.

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.”

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

4 Then he gathered together the descendants of Aaron and the Levites:

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BSB
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.”
KJV
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.
WEB
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.”
ASV
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.
DARBY
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.
BLB
Then David said, “No one may carry the ark of God but only the Levites. For YHWH has chosen them to carry the ark of YHWH and to minister before Him even to forever.”
ÅB
Da sa David: Ingen skal bære Guds ark uten levittene; for dem har Herren utvalgt til å bære Guds ark og til å tjene ham for alle tider.
OTB
Da erklærte David,
"Ingen skal transportere Guds ark unntatt levittene,
for Herren har valgt dem til å bære Herrens ark
og til å tjene Ham for alltid."
B1930
Da sa David: Ingen skal bære Guds ark uten levittene; for dem har Herren utvalgt til å bære Guds ark og til å tjene ham for alle tider.

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  • Deuteronomy 10:8

    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.

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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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  • Numbers 18:1–8

    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.

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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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  • Numbers 8:24–26

    “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.

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  • Numbers 4:19–20

    In order that they may live and not die when they come near the most holy things, do this for them: Aaron and his sons are to go in and assign each man his task and what he is to carry.

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  • Numbers 4:2–15

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

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  • Jeremiah 33:17–22

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

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