22 Bible Verses about Carrying Holy Things
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Then the Kohathites went forward with the holy place; the others put up the House ready for their coming.
But to them you are to give the care of the Tent of meeting with its vessels and everything in it: they are to take up the Tent, and be responsible for everything to do with it, and put up their tents round it.
At that time the Lord had the tribe of Levi marked out to take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, to be before the Lord and to do his work and to give blessings in his name, to this day.
Then Moses put all this law in writing, and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who take up the ark of the Lord's agreement, and to all the responsible men of Israel.
Moses said to the Levites who were responsible for taking up the ark of the Lord's agreement,
For because you did not take it at the first, the Lord our God sent punishment on us, because we did not get directions from him in the right way.
And after the holy place and all its vessels have been covered up by Aaron and his sons, when the tents of the people go forward, the sons of Kohath are to come and take it up; but the holy things may not be touched by them for fear of death.
But to the sons of Kohath he gave nothing; because they had the care of the holy place, taking it about on their backs.
Then the House was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were responsible for moving the House, went forward.
Then David said, The ark of God may not be moved by any but the Levites, for they have been marked out by God to take the ark of God, and to do his work for ever.
And the sons of the Levites took up the ark of God, lifting it by its rods, as the Lord had said to Moses.
And from now, there will be no need for the House of the Lord, and the vessels used in it, to be moved about by the Levites.
Away! away! go out from there, touching no unclean thing; go out from among her; be clean, you who take up the vessels of the Lord.
The rings are to be fixed under the frame to take the rods with which the table is to be lifted.
And put the rods through the rings at the two opposite sides of the altar, for lifting it.
He put the rods through the rings at the opposite sides of the altar for lifting it; he made the altar hollow, boarded in with wood.
Under the edge on the two opposite sides, you are to make two gold rings, to take the rods for lifting it.
And he made two gold rings, placing them on the two opposite sides under the edge, to take the rods for lifting it.