2 Chronicles 5:4
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,”
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BSBPD
“When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the Levites took up the ark,”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“And all the elders of Israel came: and the Levites took up the ark;”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“and all the elders of Israel come in, and the Levites lift up the ark,”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo 2 Chronicles 5:4 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or they will die. These are the transportation duties of the Kohathites regarding the Tent of Meeting.
- Joshua 3:6And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
- Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
- 1 Kings 8:3When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,
- 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”
- 1 Chronicles 15:12And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must consecrate yourselves so that you may bring the ark of the LORD, the God of Israel, to the place I have prepared for it.
- 2 Chronicles 5:7Then the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the LORD to its place in the inner sanctuary of the temple, the Most Holy Place, beneath the wings of the cherubim.
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