¹¹ They placed the ark of the Lord on the cart and along with it the chest containing the gold rats and the models of the tumors.

¹³ It was because you, the Levites,^(A) did not bring it up the first time that the Lord our God broke out in anger against us.^(B) We did not inquire of him about how to do it in the prescribed way.^(C)” ¹⁴ So the priests and Levites consecrated themselves in order to bring up the ark of the Lord, the God of Israel. ¹⁵ And the Levites carried the ark of God with the poles on their shoulders, as Moses had commanded^(D) in accordance with the word of the Lord.^(E)

⁷ They moved the ark of God from Abinadab’s^(A) house on a new cart, with Uzzah and Ahio guiding it.

³ They set the ark of God on a new cart^(A) and brought it from the house of Abinadab, which was on the hill.^(B) Uzzah and Ahio, sons of Abinadab, were guiding the new cart