1 Kings 8:3

In 11 translations

BSB

When all the elders of Israel had arrived, the priests took up the ark,

KJV

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

WEB

All the elders of Israel came, and the priests picked up the ark.

ASV

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

LSV

And all [the] elderly of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the Ark,

YLT

And all the elders of Israel come in, and the priests lift up the ark,

DBY

And all the elders of Israel came; and the priests took up the ark.

DRC

And all the ancients of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark,

GNV

And all the Elders of Israel came and the Priests tooke the Arke.

JPS

And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

LXXE

And the priests took up the ark,

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WLC

וַיָּבֹ֕אוּ כֹּ֖ל זִקְנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַיִּשְׂא֥וּ הַכֹּהֲנִ֖ים אֶת־הָאָרֽוֹן׃

LXX-Br

Καὶ ᾖραν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὴν κιβωτὸν

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• Joshua 3:6And he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.
• Deuteronomy 31:9So Moses wrote down 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.
• Joshua 3:3and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the LORD your God being carried by the Levitical priests, you are to set out from your positions and follow it.
• Numbers 4:15When Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy objects and all their equipment, as soon as the camp is ready to move, the Kohathites shall come and do the carrying. But they must not touch the holy objects, or…
• 2 Chronicles 5:5–8and they brought up the ark and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. The Levitical priests carried them up. There, before the ark, King Solomon and the whole congregation of Israel who had assembled…
• Numbers 7:9But he did not give any to the Kohathites, since they were to carry on their shoulders the holy objects for which they were responsible.
• Joshua 6:6So Joshua son of Nun summoned the priests and said, “Take up the ark of the covenant and have seven priests carry seven rams’ horns in front of the ark of the LORD.”
• Joshua 4:9Joshua also set up twelve stones in the middle of the Jordan, in the place where the priests who carried the ark of the covenant stood. And the stones are there to this day.
• Joshua 3:14–15So when the people broke camp to cross the Jordan, the priests carried the ark of the covenant ahead of them. Now the Jordan overflows its banks throughout the harvest season. But as soon as the priests carrying the…
• 1 Chronicles 15:11–15David summoned the priests Zadok and Abiathar and the Levites Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel, and Amminadab. And he said to them, “You are the heads of the Levitical families. You and your relatives must…
• 1 Chronicles 15:2Then David said, “No one but the Levites may carry the ark of God, because the LORD has chosen them to carry the ark of the LORD and to minister before Him forever.”

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