1 Chronicles 15:2
David insisted that only the Levites carry God's Ark because Jehovah had chosen them to carry his Ark and to serve him from generation to generation.
Deuteronomy 10:8
Jehovah then set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the Ark of the covenant of Jehovah. They were to stand before Jehovah to serve and pronounce blessings in his name until this day.
Deuteronomy 31:9
Moses wrote this Law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi who carried the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah, and to all the elders of Israel.
Numbers 4:2-15
Take a census of the Levites who are descended from Kohath. List them by families and households.
Numbers 4:19-20
This is what you must do so that they will not die when they come near the most holy things: Aaron and his sons will go into the holy place and tell each man what he will do and what he will carry.
Numbers 7:9
However Moses gave none of these gifts to the Kohathites, because they took care of the holy things. They had to carry the holy things on their own shoulders.
Numbers 8:13-14
Make the Levites stand in front of Aaron and his sons, and present them as an offering to Jehovah.
Numbers 8:24-26
From the age of twenty-five each Levite shall perform his duties in the tent of my presence,
Numbers 18:1-8
Jehovah said to Aaron: You, your sons, and your family will be responsible for any sins against the holy place. You and your sons will also be responsible for any sins you commit when you work as priests.
Joshua 3:3
They commanded the people, saying: When you see the Ark of the Covenant of Jehovah your God, and the priests the Levites bearing it, you should leave here and follow it.
Joshua 6:6
Joshua the son of Nun called the priests, and said to them: Take up the Ark of the Covenant. Seven priests should carry seven trumpets of rams' horns before the Ark of Jehovah.
2 Chronicles 35:3
He told the Levites, who instructed all Israel and performed ceremonies to make themselves holy to Jehovah: Put the Holy Ark in the Temple that Solomon, son of David and king of Israel, built. It should not be carried on your shoulders any longer. Serve Jehovah your God and his people Israel.
Isaiah 66:21
I will make some of them priests and Levites, declares Jehovah.
Jeremiah 33:17-22
I Jehovah promise that there will always be a descendant of David to be king of Israel