Deu 31:9, 25, Jos 3:3, 6, 14, 4:10, 18, 6:6, 1Ch 15:11-15 | ESV | STEP | Then Moses wrote this law and gave it to the priests , the sons of Levi , who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord , and to all the elders of Israel .

Deuteronomy 31:9

The Reading of the Law

9 Then Moses ^awrote this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, ^bwho carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to all the elders of Israel.

Deuteronomy 31:25

25 Moses commanded ^cthe Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord,

Joshua 3:3

3 and commanded the people, “As soon as you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God being carried by ^dthe Levitical priests, then you shall set out from your place and follow it.

Joshua 3:6

6 And Joshua said to the priests, ^e“Take up the ark of the covenant and pass on before the people.” So they took up the ark of the covenant and went before the people.

Joshua 3:14

14 So when the people set out from their tents to pass over the Jordan with the priests bearing ^fthe ark of the covenant before the people,

Joshua 4:10

10 For the priests bearing the ark stood in the midst of the Jordan until everything was finished that the Lord commanded Joshua to tell the people, according to all that Moses had commanded Joshua.

The people passed over in haste.

Joshua 4:18

18 And when the priests bearing the ark of the covenant of the Lord came up from the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests’ feet were lifted up on dry ground, the waters of the Jordan returned to their place and overflowed all its banks, ^gas before.

Joshua 6:6

6 So Joshua the son of Nun called the priests and said to them, “Take up the ark of the covenant and let seven priests bear seven trumpets of rams’ horns before the ark of the Lord.”

1 Chronicles 15:11-15

11 Then David summoned the priests ^hZadok and ⁱAbiathar, and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab, 12 and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. ^jConsecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, ^kto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 ^lBecause you did not carry it the first time, the Lord our God broke out against us, because we did not seek him according to the rule.” 14 So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15 And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders ^mwith the poles, ⁿas Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.