Numbers 3:31

31And their guard duty involved athe ark, bthe table, cthe lampstand, dthe altars, the vessels of the sanctuary with which the priests minister, and ethe screen; all the service connected with these.

Numbers 4:15

15And when Aaron and his sons have finished covering the sanctuary and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, as the camp sets out, after that fthe sons of Kohath shall come to carry these, gbut they must not touch the holy things, lest they die. These are the things of the tent of meeting that the sons of Kohath are to carry.

1 Kings 8:3-4

3And all the elders of Israel came, and hthe priests took up the ark. 4And they brought up the ark of the Lord, ithe tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.

1 Kings 8:6

6 jThen the priests brought the ark of the covenant of the Lord kto its place in lthe inner sanctuary of the house, in the Most Holy Place, underneath the wings of the cherubim.

1 Chronicles 15:12-15

12and said to them, “You are the heads of the fathers’ houses of the Levites. mConsecrate yourselves, you and your brothers, so that you may bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel, nto the place that I have prepared for it. 13 oBecause 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.” 14So the priests and the Levites consecrated themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. 15And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders pwith the poles, qas Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 15:26

26And because God helped the Levites who were carrying the ark of the covenant of the Lord, they sacrificed rseven bulls and seven rams.

1 Chronicles 23:26

26And so the Levites no longer need sto carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.”

2 Chronicles 5:4-5

4And all the elders of Israel came, tand the Levites took up the ark. 5And they brought up the ark, the tent of meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the tent; uthe Levitical priests brought them up.
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