The Levites consecrated themselves, and bare - as 1Ch 15:15 anticipatively remarks-the ark of God upon their shoulders, according to the prescription in Num 7:9, עֲלֵיהֶם בַּמֹּומֹות, by means of poles upon them (the shoulders). מֹוטָה, the flexible pole used for carrying burdens, Num 13:23. Those used to carry the ark are called בַּדִּים in the Pentateuch, Exo 25:13.