The Levites were given two discrete and yet complementary tasks by David in 1 Chron. 15:2: the transportation of the ark, and ministry to the LORD. On the face of it, the mention of ministry to the LORD seems out of place in a discussion on the correct way to move the ark to Jerusalem. The phrase could hardly have come in here by accident with the first part of Deut. 10:8, since the Chronicler deliberately excludes what he considers irrelevant—for example, the duty ‘to bless in his name’, which,
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