22 Bible Verses about Carrying Holy Things

Then the Kohathites set out, carrying the holy objects; and the tabernacle was set up before their arrival.

But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furnishings and over all that belongs to it. They shall carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings, and they shall take care of it; they shall also camp around the tabernacle.

At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to serve Him and to bless in His name until this day.

So 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.

that Moses commanded the Levites who carried the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,

Because you did not carry it at the first, the Lord our God made an outburst on us, for we did not seek Him according to the ordinance.”

When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all the furnishings of the sanctuary, when the camp is to set out, after that the sons of Kohath shall come to carry them, so that they will not touch the holy objects and die. These are the things in the tent of meeting which the sons of Kohath are to carry.

But he did not give any to the sons of Kohath because theirs was the service of the holy objects, which they carried on the shoulder.

Then the tabernacle was taken down; and the sons of Gershon and the sons of Merari, who were carrying the tabernacle, set out.

Then David said, “No one is to carry the ark of God but the Levites; for the Lord chose them to carry the ark of God and to minister to Him forever.”

The sons of the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with the poles thereon, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the Lord.

Also, the Levites will no longer need to carry the tabernacle and all its utensils for its service.”

Depart, depart, go out from there,
Touch nothing unclean;
Go out of the midst of her, purify yourselves,
You who carry the vessels of the Lord.

You shall put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry the ark with them.

He put the poles into the rings on the sides of the ark, to carry it.

The rings shall be close to the rim as holders for the poles to carry the table.

You shall make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that with them the table may be carried.

He made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold, to carry the table.

Its poles shall be inserted into the rings, so that the poles shall be on the two sides of the altar when it is carried.

He inserted the poles into the rings on the sides of the altar, with which to carry it. He made it hollow with planks.

You shall make two gold rings for it under its molding; you shall make them on its two side walls—on opposite sides—and they shall be holders for poles with which to carry it.

He made two golden rings for it under its molding, on its two sides—on opposite sides—as holders for poles with which to carry it.