1 Chronicles 15:2

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Summary

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.

None ought to, etc

2 Chronicles 35:3

To minister

Bible References

None ought to, etc

“Among the Levites, take a census of the Kohathites by their clans and their ancestral houses,

But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since their responsibility was service related to the holy objects carried on their shoulders.

“At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the Lord’s covenant, to stand before Yahweh to serve Him, and to pronounce blessings in His name, as it is today.

Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests, you must break camp and follow it.

So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven trumpets in front of the ark of the Lord.”

He said to the Levites who taught all Israel the holy things of the Lord, “Put the holy ark in the temple built by Solomon son of David king of Israel. Since you do not have to carry it on your shoulders, now serve Yahweh your God and His people Israel.

To minister

“You are to have the Levites stand before Aaron and his sons, and you are to present them before the Lord as a presentation offering.

The Lord said to Aaron, “You, your sons, and your ancestral house will be responsible for sin against the sanctuary. You and your sons will be responsible for sin involving your priesthood.

I will also take some of them as priests and Levites,” says the Lord.

“For this is what the Lord says: David will never fail to have a man sitting on the throne of the house of Israel.