Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
The levites
Bible References
The levites
Numbers 4:15
When Aaron and his sons finished covering the holy things and the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites will come to carry all the holy articles. They must never touch the holy things, or they will die. The Kohathites will carry all the things from the tent of meeting.
Joshua 3:6
Joshua spoke to the priests: Take up the Ark of the Covenant, and pass over before the people. So they took the Ark of the Covenant and went before the people.
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.
1 Kings 8:3
As soon as all the elders gathered, the priests lifted the Ark
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.