“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.”
1 Chronicles 15:2 (WEB)
Context Reading
1David made himself houses in David’s city; and he prepared a place for God’s ark, and pitched a tent for it. 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.” 3David assembled all Israel at Jerusalem, to bring up Yahweh’s ark to its place, which he had prepared for it. 4David gathered together the sons of Aaron and the Levites: