Numbers 1:53-54

New American Standard Bible

^53 (A)But the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be ^(B)no divine wrath against the congregation of the sons of Israel. ^(C)So the Levites shall be responsible for service to the tabernacle of the testimony.” ⁵⁴ And the sons of Israel did so; in accordance with all that the Lord had commanded Moses, so they did.