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1 Chronicles 15:2

World English Bible

Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”

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1 Chronicles 15:2 in other translations

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.

1 Chronicles 15:2 · American Standard Version

1 Chronicles 15:2 in context

  1. 1David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.
  2. 2Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For Yahweh has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
  3. 3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
  4. 4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: