Numbers 4:16-18

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁶ Eleazar son of Aaron the priest shall have charge of the oil for the light, the fragrant incense, the regular grain-offering, and the anointing-oil, the oversight of all the tabernacle and all that is in it, in the sanctuary and in its utensils.

¹⁷ Then the Lord spoke to Moses and Aaron, saying: ¹⁸ You must not let the tribe of the clans of the Kohathites be destroyed from among the Levites.