15 “And Aaron and his sons must finish covering the holy place+ and all the utensils+ of the holy place when the camp is departing, and after that the sons of Koʹhath will come in to carry them,+ but they must not touch+ the holy place so that they have to die. These things are the load of the sons of Koʹhath in the tent of meeting.+

9 But to the sons of Koʹhath he gave none, because the service of the holy place was upon them.+ They did their carrying on the shoulder.+

4 So the people sent to Shiʹloh and carried from there the ark of the covenant of Jehovah of armies, who is sitting upon* the cherubs.+ And the two sons of Eʹli were there with the ark of the covenant of the [true] God,* namely, Hophʹni and Phinʹe·has.+

2 It was then that David said: “No one is to carry the ark of the [true] God but the Levites, for they are the ones whom Jehovah has chosen to carry the ark of Jehovah*+ and to minister+ to him to time indefinite.”