Numbers 3:5-10

American Standard Version

⁵ And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, ⁶ Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. ⁷ And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁸ And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are ^[a]wholly given unto him ^[b]on the behalf of the children of Israel. ¹⁰ And thou shalt ^[c]appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.