³ And you shall write Aaron’s name on the rod of Levi. For there shall be one rod for the head of each father’s house.

⁷ Therefore ^(A)you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and ^(B)behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a ^(C)gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

Duties of Priests and Levites

18 Then the Lord said to Aaron: ^(A)“You and your sons and your father’s house with you shall ^(B)bear the ^[a]iniquity related to the sanctuary, and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity associated with your priesthood.

² And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the ^(A)firstborn, and ^(B)Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron, ^(C)the anointed priests, ^[a]whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

²⁰ Now ^(A)Amram took for himself ^(B)Jochebed, his father’s sister, as wife; and she bore him ^(C)Aaron and Moses. And the years of the life of Amram were one hundred and thirty-seven.

¹⁶ These are the names of ^(A)the sons of Levi according to their generations: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari. And the years of the life of Levi were one hundred and thirty-seven.