⁶ “Bring the tribe of Levi^(A) and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.^(B)

¹⁵ “After Aaron and his sons have finished covering the holy furnishings and all the holy articles, and when the camp is ready to move,^(A) only then are the Kohathites^(B) to come and do the carrying.^(C) But they must not touch the holy things^(D) or they will die.^(E) The Kohathites are to carry those things that are in the tent of meeting.

⁸ At that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi^(A) to carry the ark of the covenant^(B) of the Lord, to stand before the Lord to minister^(C) and to pronounce blessings^(D) in his name, as they still do today.^(E)

²⁵ he gave this command to the Levites who carried^(A) the ark of the covenant of the Lord:

⁵ and they brought up the ark and the tent of meeting and all the sacred furnishings in it. The Levitical priests^(A) carried them up;