Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
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1 Chronicles 15:2 in context
1 Chronicles 15:1–5
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David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it.
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Then David said, “No one ought to carry God’s ark but the Levites. For the LORD has chosen them to carry God’s ark, and to minister to him forever.”
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David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up the LORD’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it.
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David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites:
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of the sons of Kohath, Uriel the chief, and his brothers one hundred twenty;
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