⁹ And ^(A)you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are ^(B)wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.

^19 (A)And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and ^(B)to make atonement for the people of Israel, ^(C)that there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

¹¹ And ^(A)he gave the ^(B)apostles, the prophets, the ^(C)evangelists, the ^(D)shepherds^[a] and teachers,^[b]

⁸ Therefore it says,

^6 (A)And behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the people of Israel. ^(B)They are a gift to you, given to the Lord, to do the service of the tent of meeting. ⁷ And ^(C)you and your sons with you shall guard your priesthood for all that concerns the altar and ^(D)that is within the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood as a gift,^[a] and ^(E)any outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”