The priests and Levites brought up the Ark of the Lord along with the special tent and all the sacred items that had been in it.
Parallel translations
- WEB They brought up Yahweh’s ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all the holy vessels that were in the Tent. The priests and the Levites brought these up.
- KJV And they brought up the ark of the LORD, and the tabernacle of the congregation, and all the holy vessels that were in the tabernacle, even those did the priests and the Levites bring up.
- BSB and they brought up the ark of the LORD and the Tent of Meeting with all its sacred furnishings. So the priests and Levites carried them up.
- NKJV Then they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tabernacle of meeting, and all the holy furnishings that were in the tabernacle. The priests and the Levites brought them up.
- NASB And they brought up the ark of the Lord, the tent of meeting, and all the holy utensils which were in the tent; the priests and the Levites brought them up.
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The priests and Levites brought up the ark, the Tent of Meeting, and all its holy vessels. The older sacred furnishings were gathered into the temple.
Overview
Along with the ark, the ancient Tent of Meeting and its holy vessels were brought up, uniting the worship of the wilderness era with the new temple. This continuity honored the long history of God's dwelling among His people. The temple did not abandon the past but fulfilled it, gathering Israel's sacred heritage into the house God had chosen.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Kgs 3:4The king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place. Solomon offered a thousand burnt offerings on that altar.
- 2 Chr 1:3So Solomon, and all the assembly with him, went to the high place that was at Gibeon; for God’s Tent of Meeting was there, which Yahweh’s servant Moses had made in the wilderness.
- Exod 40:2–33“On the first day of the first month you shall raise up the tabernacle of the Tent of Meeting.
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