1 Chronicles 15:2
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.
KJV
Tunc dixit David : Illicitum est ut a quocumque portetur arca Dei nisi a Levitis, quos elegit Dominus ad portandum eam, et ad ministrandum sibi usque in æternum.
Vulgate
τότε εἶπεν Δαυείδ Οὐκ ἔστιν ἆραι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλ’ ἢ τοὺς Λευείτας, ὅτι αὐτοὺς ἐξελέξατο Κύριος καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἕως αἰῶνος.
LXX
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.
ASV
אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָ/שֵׂאת֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הָֽ/אֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם הַ/לְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי בָ֣/ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָ/שֵׂ֞את אֶת אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה וּֽ/לְ/שָׁרְת֖/וֹ עַד עוֹלָֽם
Hebrew
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16 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.
Historic Christian voices
4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Cross-references
- 1Chr 15:13 — For because ye did it not at the first, the LORD our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.
- 2Sam 6:7 — And the anger of the LORD was kindled against Uzzah; and God smote him there for his error; and there he died by the ark of God.
- 2Sam 6:13 — And it was so, that when they that bare the ark of the LORD had gone six paces, he sacrificed oxen and fatlings.
- Deut 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.
- Deut 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.
- Jer 33:17 — For thus saith the LORD; David shall never want a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel;
- Josh 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.
- Josh 6:6 — And Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said unto them, Take up the ark of the covenant, and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the LORD.
- Num 4:2 — Take the sum of the sons of Kohath from among the sons of Levi, after their families, by the house of their fathers,
- Num 4:15 — And when Aaron and his sons have made an end of covering the sanctuary, and all the vessels of the sanctuary, as the camp is to set forward; after that, the sons of Kohath shall come to bear it: but t
- Num 4:19 — 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:
- Num 8:13 — And thou shalt set the Levites before Aaron, and before his sons, and offer them for an offering unto the LORD.
- Num 8:24 — 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:
- Num 18:1 — 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.
- Num 20:11 — And Moses lifted up his hand, and with his rod he smote the rock twice: and the water came out abundantly, and the congregation drank, and their beasts also.