^6 (A)“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

⁸ At that time ^(A)the Lord ^[a]separated the tribe of Levi ^(B)to bear the ark of the covenant of the Lord, ^(C)to stand before the Lord to minister to Him and ^(D)to bless in His name, to this day.

¹² Now ^(A)the man who acts presumptuously and will not heed the priest who stands to minister there before the Lord your God, or the judge, that man shall die. So you shall put away the evil from Israel.

⁵ Then the priests, the sons of Levi, shall come near, for ^(A)the Lord your God has chosen them to minister to Him and to bless in the name of the Lord; ^(B)by their word every controversy and every ^[a]assault shall be settled.

¹¹ Then Elkanah went to his house at Ramah. But the child ^[a]ministered to the Lord before Eli the priest.

Praising the Lord in His House at Night

A Song of Ascents.

¹¹ Yet they shall be ministers in My sanctuary, ^(A)as gatekeepers of the house and ministers of the house; ^(B)they shall slay the burnt offering and the sacrifice for the people, and ^(C)they shall stand before them to minister to them.