1 Chronicles 15:2-15

2Then David said, ‘Only the Levites may carry God's Covenant Box. The Lord chose them to do that. He chose them to serve him for ever.’

3David brought all the Israelites together in Jerusalem. He said that they should bring the Lord's Covenant Box to the place that he had prepared for it.

4Then David brought together the descendants of Aaron and the other Levites. They were:

5From Kohath's clan, 120 people with their leader, Uriel.

6From Merari's clan, 220 people with their leader, Asaiah.

7From Gershon's clan, 130 people with their leader, Joel.

8From Elizaphan's clan, 200 people with their leader, Shemaiah.

9From Hebron's clan, 80 people with their leader, Eliel.

10From Uzziel's clan, 112 people with their leader, Amminadab.

11Then David told the priests Zadok and Abiathar to come to him. He also told these Levites to come: Uriel, Asaiah, Joel, Shemaiah, Eliel and Amminadab.

12David said to them, ‘You are the leaders of the Levites' clans. You and your relatives must make yourselves holy. Then you will be able to carry the Covenant Box of the Lord, Israel's God. You must bring it to the place that I have prepared for it.

13The first time that we tried to bring it here, you did not carry it. Because of that, the Lord our God punished us. He did that because we did not ask him about the proper way to carry it.’

14So the priests and the other Levites made themselves holy. Then they could carry the Covenant Box of the Lord, Israel's God.

15The Levites carried God's Covenant Box with its poles on their shoulders. That is how God had commanded Moses that they should carry it.