⁷ They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community^(A) at the tent of meeting by doing the work^(B) of the tabernacle.

⁵⁰ Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle^(A) of the covenant law^(B)—over all its furnishings^(C) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.

¹⁵ “After you have purified the Levites and presented them as a wave offering,^(A) they are to come to do their work at the tent of meeting.^(B)

¹¹ Aaron is to present the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering^(A) from the Israelites, so that they may be ready to do the work of the Lord.

²² the sons of Jehieli, Zetham and his brother Joel. They were in charge of the treasuries^(A) of the temple of the Lord.

The Treasurers and Other Officials

²⁰ Their fellow Levites^(A) were^[a] in charge of the treasuries of the house of God and the treasuries for the dedicated things.^(B)

²⁸ The duty of the Levites was to help Aaron’s descendants in the service of the temple of the Lord: to be in charge of the courtyards, the side rooms, the purification^(A) of all sacred things and the performance of other duties at the house of God. ²⁹ They were in charge of the bread set out on the table,^(B) the special flour for the grain offerings,^(C) the thin loaves made without yeast, the baking and the mixing, and all measurements of quantity and size.^{(D) 30} They were also to stand every morning to thank and praise the Lord. They were to do the same in the evening^{(E) 31} and whenever burnt offerings were presented to the Lord on the Sabbaths, at the New Moon^(F) feasts and at the appointed festivals.^(G) They were to serve before the Lord regularly in the proper number and in the way prescribed for them.

³² And so the Levites^(H) carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting,^(I) for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the Lord.^(J)

³⁰ From the Israelites’ half, select one out of every fifty, whether people, cattle, donkeys, sheep or other animals. Give them to the Levites, who are responsible for the care of the Lord’s tabernacle.^(A)”