They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an [a]outsider may not come near you. So you shall attend to the (A)obligations of the sanctuary and the obligations of the altar, (B)so that there will no longer be wrath on the sons of Israel. Behold, I Myself (C)have taken your [b]fellow Levites from among the sons of Israel; they are (D)a gift to you, [c]dedicated to the Lord, to perform the service for the tent of meeting.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 18:4 Lit a stranger
  2. Numbers 18:6 Lit brethren the
  3. Numbers 18:6 Lit given