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2 Chronicles 5:4

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And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.
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  1. 1 Kings 8:3Rank 1 from verse 4
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    3And all the elders of Israel came, and the priests took up the ark.

  2. Joshua 3:6Rank 2 from verse 4
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    6And Joshua spake unto the priests, saying, Take up the ark of the covenant, and pass over before the people. And they took up the ark of the covenant, and went before the people.

  3. 1 Chronicles 15:12–14Rank 3 from verse 4
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    12And said unto them, Ye are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both ye and your brethren, that ye may bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.

    13For because ye did it not at the first, the Lord our God made a breach upon us, for that we sought him not after the due order.

    14So the priests and the Levites sanctified themselves to bring up the ark of the Lord God of Israel.

  4. 1 Chronicles 15:2Rank 4 from verse 4
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    2Then David said, None ought to carry the ark of God but the Levites: for them hath the Lord chosen to carry the ark of God, and to minister unto him for ever.

  5. 2 Chronicles 5:7Rank 5 from verse 4
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    7And the priests brought in the ark of the covenant of the Lord unto his place, to the oracle of the house, into the most holy place, even under the wings of the cherubims:

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2 Chronicles 5:4

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Israel

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The name given to Jacob and, by extension, his descendants, their nation, or the people so called.

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Levites

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Members of the tribe of Levi, especially those appointed to service connected with the tabernacle or temple.

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ark

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1. The sacred chest called the ark of God, the testimony, or the covenant, made for Israel and set in the tabernacle or temple; the ark of God's testament is also seen in the heavenly temple. 2. The great vessel built by Noah in which his household and living creatures were preserved through the flood. 3. The small covered vessel of bulrushes in which the infant Moses was laid.

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3Wherefore all the men of Israel assembled themselves unto the king in the feast which was in the seventh month.

4And all the elders of Israel came; and the Levites took up the ark.

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5And they brought up the ark, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, these did the priests and the Levites bring up.

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