You Want Me to Carry What???

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1. "To carry the ark of the covenant of the of Yahweh"
The ark of the covenant represented God’s presence and his glory. It was a weighty and awesome responsibility to carry this ark, and this was the first specific mark of the Levites calling. The Israelites were to follow the ark, the Presence and Glory of Yahweh, wherever it led them. If the Glory rested, they rested. If the Glory moved, they moved. And the Levites were assigned the responsibility of carrying this Glory of God.
In my key word bible the words "set-apart" and carry were underlined in the first part of the verse so I looked up the Hebrew meaning.  Set apart ..."Badal" is a Hebrew verb meaning to separate, to divide, to detach. Carry..... "Nasa" is a Hebrew word meaning to accept, advance, arise, to bear, exalt, desire, and to stir up. God was asking that tribe to separate themselves, to detach themselves to the "world" and to desire, exalt, and accept the Glory of God!!
So today, those called as Levitical worshippers, need to know that they "carry" the Glory of God with them. Wherever they are, the Presence and Glory of God rests on them. As they enter a room, the Presence of God begins to fill the atmosphere. Those called as Levitical worshippers need to see themselves as carriers of God’s glory, shining from their faces, with ever-increasing glory (II Cor. 3:18), and flowing with the healing, restoring, transforming Presence of God where they walk.

Sparrow