Verse 2
Then David{H1732} said,{H559} None ought to carry{H5375} the ark{H727} of God{H430} but the Levites:{H3881} for them hath Jehovah{H3068} chosen{H977} to carry{H5375} the ark{H727} of God,{H430} and to minister{H8334} unto him for{H5704} ever.{H5769}
Referenced Verses
- Deut 10:8 : 8 At that time{H6256} Jehovah{H3068} set apart{H914} the tribe{H7626} of Levi,{H3878} to bear{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} to stand{H5975} before{H6440} Jehovah{H3068} to minister{H8334} unto him, and to bless{H1288} in his name,{H8034} unto this day.{H3117}
- Deut 31:9 : 9 And Moses{H4872} wrote{H3789} this law,{H8451} and delivered{H5414} it unto the priests{H3548} the sons{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} that bare{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah,{H3068} and unto all the elders{H2205} of Israel.{H3478}
- Josh 3:3 : 3 and they commanded{H6680} the people,{H5971} saying,{H559} When ye see{H7200} the ark{H727} of the covenant{H1285} of Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and the priests{H3548} the Levites{H3881} bearing{H5375} it, then ye shall remove{H5265} from your place,{H4725} and go{H1980} after{H310} it.
- Josh 6:6 : 6 And Joshua{H3091} the son{H1121} of Nun{H5126} called{H7121} the priests,{H3548} and said{H559} unto them, Take up{H5375} the ark{H727} of the covenant,{H1285} and let seven{H7651} priests{H3548} bear{H5375} seven{H7651} trumpets{H7782} of rams' horns{H3104} before{H6440} the ark{H727} of Jehovah.{H3068}
- 2 Chr 35:3 : 3 And he said{H559} unto the Levites{H3881} that taught{H995} all Israel,{H3478} that were holy{H6918} unto Jehovah,{H3068} Put{H5414} the holy{H6944} ark{H727} in the house{H1004} which Solomon{H8010} the son{H1121} of David{H1732} king{H4428} of Israel{H3478} did build;{H1129} there shall no more be a burden{H4853} upon your shoulders:{H3802} now serve{H5647} Jehovah{H3068} your God,{H430} and his people{H5971} Israel.{H3478}
- Isa 66:21 : 21 And of them also will I take{H3947} for priests{H3548} [and] for Levites,{H3881} saith{H559} Jehovah.{H3068}
- Jer 33:17-22 : 17 For thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} David{H1732} shall never{H3808} want{H3772} a man{H376} to sit{H3427} upon the throne{H3678} of the house{H1004} of Israel;{H3478} 18 neither shall the priests{H3548} the Levites{H3881} want{H3772} a man{H376} before{H6440} me to offer{H5927} burnt-offerings,{H5930} and to burn{H6999} meal-offerings,{H5930} and to do{H6213} sacrifice{H2077} continually.{H3117} 19 And the word{H1697} of Jehovah{H3068} came unto Jeremiah,{H3414} saying,{H559} 20 Thus saith{H559} Jehovah:{H3068} If ye can break{H6565} my covenant{H1285} of the day,{H3117} and my covenant{H1285} of the night,{H3915} so that there shall not be day{H3119} and night{H3915} in their season;{H6256} 21 then may also my covenant{H1285} be broken{H6565} with David{H1732} my servant,{H5650} that he shall not have a son{H1121} to reign{H4427} upon his throne;{H3678} and with the Levites{H3881} the priests,{H3548} my ministers.{H8334} 22 As the host{H6635} of heaven{H8064} cannot be numbered,{H5608} neither the sand{H2344} of the sea{H3220} measured;{H4058} so will I multiply{H7235} the seed{H2233} of David{H1732} my servant,{H5650} and the Levites{H3881} that minister{H8334} unto me.
- Num 4:2-9 : 2 Take{H5375} the sum{H7218} of the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} from among{H8432} the sons{H1121} of Levi,{H3878} by their families,{H4940} by their fathers'{H1} houses,{H1004} 3 from thirty{H7970} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605} even until fifty{H2572} years{H8141} old,{H1121} all that enter{H935} upon the service,{H6635} to do{H6213} the work{H4399} in the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150} 4 This is the service{H5656} of the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} in the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} [about] the most{H6944} holy things:{H6944} 5 when the camp{H4264} setteth forward,{H5265} Aaron{H175} shall go in,{H935} and his sons,{H1121} and they shall take down{H3381} the veil{H6532} of the screen,{H4539} and cover{H3680} the ark{H727} of the testimony{H5715} with it, 6 and shall put{H5414} thereon a covering{H3681} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and shall spread{H6566} over{H4605} it a cloth{H899} all{H3632} of blue,{H8504} and shall put{H7760} in the staves{H905} thereof. 7 And upon the table{H7979} of showbread{H6440} they shall spread{H6566} a cloth{H899} of blue,{H8504} and put{H5414} thereon the dishes,{H7086} and the spoons,{H3709} and the bowls{H4518} and the cups{H7184} wherewith{H5262} to pour out; and the continual{H8548} bread{H3899} shall be thereon: 8 and they shall spread{H6566} upon them a cloth{H899} of scarlet,{H8438} and cover{H3680} the same with a covering{H4372} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and shall put{H7760} in the staves{H905} thereof. 9 And they shall take{H3947} a cloth{H899} of blue,{H8504} and cover{H3680} the candlestick{H4501} of the light,{H3974} and its lamps,{H5216} and its snuffers,{H4457} and its snuffdishes,{H4289} and all the oil{H8081} vessels{H3627} thereof, wherewith they minister{H8334} unto it: 10 and they shall put{H5414} it and all the vessels{H3627} thereof within a covering{H4372} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and shall put{H5414} it upon the frame.{H4132} 11 And upon the golden{H2091} altar{H4196} they shall spread{H6566} a cloth{H899} of blue,{H8504} and cover{H3680} it with a covering{H4372} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and shall put{H7760} in the staves{H905} thereof: 12 and they shall take{H3947} all the vessels{H3627} of ministry,{H8335} wherewith they minister{H8334} in the sanctuary,{H6944} and put{H5414} them in a cloth{H899} of blue,{H8504} and cover{H3680} them with a covering{H4372} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and shall put{H5414} them on the frame.{H4132} 13 And they shall take away the ashes{H1878} from the altar,{H4196} and spread{H6566} a purple{H713} cloth{H899} thereon: 14 and they shall put{H5414} upon it all the vessels{H3627} thereof, wherewith they minister{H8334} about it, the firepans,{H4289} the flesh-hooks,{H4207} and the shovels,{H3257} and the basins,{H4219} all the vessels{H3627} of the altar;{H4196} and they shall spread{H6566} upon it a covering{H3681} of{H8476} sealskin,{H5785} and put{H7760} in the staves{H905} thereof. 15 And when Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121} have made an end{H3615} of covering{H3680} the sanctuary,{H6944} and all the furniture{H3627} of the sanctuary,{H6944} as the camp{H4264} is set forward;{H5265} after{H310} that, the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} shall come{H935} to bear{H5375} it: but they shall not touch{H5060} the sanctuary,{H6944} lest they die.{H4191} These things are the burden{H4853} of the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} in the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150}
- Num 4:19-20 : 19 but thus do{H6213} unto them, that they may live,{H2421} and not die,{H4191} when they approach{H5066} unto the most{H6944} holy things:{H6944} Aaron{H175} and his sons{H1121} shall go in,{H935} and appoint{H7760} them every{H376} one{H376} to his service{H5656} and to his burden;{H4853} 20 but they shall not go in{H935} to see{H7200} the sanctuary{H6944} even for a moment,{H1104} lest they die.{H4191}
- Num 7:9 : 9 But unto the sons{H1121} of Kohath{H6955} he gave{H5414} none,{H3808} because the service{H5656} of the sanctuary{H6944} belonged unto them; they bare{H5375} it upon their shoulders.{H3802}
- Num 8:13-14 : 13 And thou shalt set{H5975} the Levites{H3881} before{H6440} Aaron,{H175} and before{H6440} his sons,{H1121} and offer{H5130} them for a wave-offering{H8573} unto Jehovah.{H3068} 14 Thus shalt thou separate{H914} the Levites{H3881} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} and the Levites{H3881} shall be mine.
- Num 8:24-26 : 24 This is that which belongeth unto the Levites:{H3881} from twenty{H6242} and five{H2568} years{H8141} old{H1121} and upward{H4605} they shall go in{H935} to wait{H6633} upon the service{H5656} in the work of the tent{H168} of meeting:{H4150} 25 and from the age{H1121} of fifty{H2572} years{H8141} they shall cease{H7725} waiting{H6635} upon the work,{H5656} and shall serve{H5647} no more, 26 but shall minister{H8334} with their brethren{H251} in the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} to keep{H8104} the charge,{H4931} and shall do{H5647} no service.{H5656} Thus shalt thou do{H5647} unto the Levites{H3881} touching their charges.{H4931}
- Num 18:1-8 : 1 And Jehovah{H3068} said{H559} unto Aaron,{H175} Thou and thy sons{H1121} and thy fathers'{H1} house{H1004} with thee shall bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of the sanctuary;{H4720} and thou and thy sons{H1121} with thee shall bear{H5375} the iniquity{H5771} of your priesthood.{H3550} 2 And thy brethren{H251} also, the tribe{H4294} of Levi,{H3878} the tribe{H4294} of thy father,{H1} bring{H7126} thou near with thee, that they may be joined{H3867} unto thee, and minister{H8334} unto thee: but thou and thy sons{H1121} with thee shall be before{H6440} the tent{H168} of the testimony.{H5715} 3 And they shall keep{H8104} thy charge,{H4931} and the charge{H4931} of all the Tent:{H168} only they shall not come nigh{H7126} unto the vessels{H3627} of the sanctuary{H6944} and unto the altar,{H4196} that they die{H4191} not, neither they, nor ye. 4 And they shall be joined{H3867} unto thee, and keep{H8104} the charge{H4931} of the tent{H168} of meeting,{H4150} for all the service{H5656} of the Tent:{H168} and a stranger{H2114} shall not come nigh{H7126} unto you. 5 And ye shall keep{H8104} the charge{H4931} of the sanctuary,{H6944} and the charge{H4931} of the altar;{H4196} that there be wrath{H7110} no more upon the children{H1121} of Israel.{H3478} 6 And I, behold, I have taken{H3947} your brethren{H251} the Levites{H3881} from among{H8432} the children{H1121} of Israel:{H3478} to you they are a gift,{H4979} given{H5414} unto Jehovah,{H3068} to do{H5647} the service{H5656} of the tent{H168} of meeting.{H4150} 7 And thou and thy sons{H1121} with thee shall keep{H8104} your priesthood{H3550} for everything{H1697} of the altar,{H4196} and for that within{H1004} the veil;{H6532} and ye shall serve:{H5647} I give{H5414} you the priesthood{H3550} as a service{H5656} of gift:{H4979} and the stranger{H2114} that cometh nigh{H7131} shall be put to death.{H4191} 8 And Jehovah{H3068} spake{H1696} unto Aaron,{H175} And I, behold, I have given{H5414} thee the charge{H4931} of my heave-offerings,{H8641} even all the hallowed things{H6944} of the children{H1121} of Israel;{H3478} unto thee have I given{H5414} them by reason of the anointing,{H4888} and to thy sons,{H1121} as a portion{H2706} for ever.{H5769}