Verse 13

Those who carried the ark of the LORD took six steps and then David sacrificed an ox and a fatling calf.

Referenced Verses

• 1 Kgs 8:5 : 5 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.
• Num 4:15 : 15 “When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is ready to journey, then the Kohathites will come to carry them; but they must not touch any holy thing, or they will die. These are the responsibilities of the Kohathites with the tent of meeting.
• Num 7:9 : 9 But to the Kohathites he gave none, because the service of the holy things, which they carried on their shoulders, was their responsibility.
• Josh 3:3 : 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 must leave here and walk behind it.
• 1 Chr 15:2 : 2 Then David said,“Only the Levites may carry the ark of God, for the LORD chose them to carry the ark of the LORD and to serve before him perpetually.”
• 1 Chr 15:15 : 15 The descendants of Levi carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, just as Moses had commanded in keeping with the LORD’s instruction.
• 1 Chr 15:25-26 : 25 So David, the leaders of Israel, and the commanders of units of a thousand went to bring up the ark of the LORD’s covenant from the house of Obed-Edom with celebration. 26 When God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the LORD’s covenant, they sacrificed seven bulls and seven rams.
• 2 Chr 5:6 : 6 Now King Solomon and all the Israelites who had assembled with him went on ahead of the ark and sacrificed more sheep and cattle than could be counted or numbered.