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1 Chronicles 15:2

David
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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.

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:

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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 separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.

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  • Deuteronomy 31:9

    And Moses wrote this law, and delivered it unto the priests the sons of Levi, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and unto all the elders of Israel.

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  • Numbers 18:1–8

    And the LORD said unto Aaron, Thou and thy sons and thy father’s house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood.

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  • Joshua 3:3

    And they commanded the people, saying, When ye see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, then ye shall remove from your place, and go after it.

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  • Numbers 8:24–26

    This is it that belongeth unto the Levites: from twenty and five years old and upward they shall go in to wait upon the service of the tabernacle of the congregation:

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  • Numbers 4:19–20

    But thus do unto them, that they may live, and not die, when they approach unto the most holy things: Aaron and his sons shall go in, and appoint them every one to his service and to his burden:

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  • Numbers 4:2–15

    Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,

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  • Jeremiah 33:17–22

    For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;

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