⁹ Moses wrote down this law and gave it to the priests, the sons of Levi, who carried the ark of the Lord’s covenant, and to all the elders of Israel.

³ and commanded the people: “When you see the ark of the covenant of the Lord your God carried by the Levitical priests,^(A) you must break camp and follow it.

⁶ Then he said to the priests, “Take the ark of the covenant and go on ahead of the people.” So they carried the ark of the covenant and went ahead of them.