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Positive commandment 34 of 248

That, when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder

Rembrandt, Moses with the Ten Commandments (1659), Gemäldegalerie Berlin. Public domain.

Maimonides

That, when the Ark is carried, it should be carried on the shoulder, as it is said, “They shall bear it upon their shoulder” (Num. 7:9).

Numbers 7:9

KJV
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none: because the service of the sanctuary belonging unto them was that they should bear upon their shoulders.
ASV
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged unto them; they bare it upon their shoulders.
WEB
But to the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the sanctuary belonged to them; they carried it on their shoulders.
JPS
But unto the sons of Kohath he gave none, because the service of the holy things belonged unto them: they bore them upon their shoulders.