Numbers 3:10-12
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
10 But you will appoint only Aaron and his descendants to exercise the priesthood.(A) Any unauthorized person who comes near shall be put to death.
11 The Lord said to Moses: 12 I hereby take the Levites from the Israelites in place of every firstborn that opens the womb among the Israelites.(B) The Levites, therefore, are mine,
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