1 Paralipomenon 15:2
Then David said: No one ought to carry the ark of God, but the Levites, whom the Lord hath chosen to carry it, and to minister unto himself for ever.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Tunc dixit David : Illicitum est ut a quocumque portetur arca Dei nisi a Levitis, quos elegit Dominus ad portandum eam, et ad ministrandum sibi usque in æternum.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- τότε εἶπεν Δαυείδ Οὐκ ἔστιν ἆραι τὴν κιβωτὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλ᾽ ἢ τοὺς Λευείτας, ὅτι αὐτοὺς ἐξελέξατο Κύριος καὶ λειτουργεῖν αὐτῷ ἕως αἰῶνος.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- אָ֚ז אָמַ֣ר דָּוִ֔יד לֹ֤א לָשֵׂאת֙ אֶת אֲר֣וֹן הָֽאֱלֹהִ֔ים כִּ֖י אִם הַלְוִיִּ֑ם כִּי בָ֣ם בָּחַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה לָשֵׂ֞את אֶת אֲר֧וֹן יְהוָ֛ה וּֽלְשָׁרְת֖וֹ עַד עוֹלָֽם
Haydock's commentary
Levites, of the family of Caath, ver. 13., and Numbers iv. 5. He was rendered more cautious by the death of Oza. (Calmet)
For ever, as long as this law subsists. (Haydock)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.