Numbers 1:51-53

New International Reader's Version

⁵¹ When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death. ⁵² The Israelites must set up their tents by military groups. All of them must be in their own camps under their own flags. ⁵³ But the Levites must set up their tents around the holy tent. That’s where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. Then I will not be angry with the community of Israel. The Levites will be responsible for taking care of the tent.”