Numbers 3:6-9
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6 Summon the tribe of Levi and station them before Aaron the priest to serve him.(A) 7 They shall discharge his obligations and those of the whole community before the tent of meeting(B) by maintaining the tabernacle. 8 They shall have responsibility for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting and discharge the obligations of the Israelites by maintaining the tabernacle. 9 You shall assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons;(C) they have been assigned unconditionally to him from among the Israelites.
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Numbers 18:2-5
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2 You shall also present with you your kinsmen of the tribe of Levi, your ancestral tribe, that they may be joined to you[a] and assist you, while you and your sons with you are in front of the tent of the covenant. 3 They shall discharge your obligations and those with respect to the whole tent; however, they shall not come near the utensils of the sanctuary or the altar, or else both they and you will die. 4 They will be joined to you to perform the duties associated with the tent of meeting, all the labor pertaining to the tent. But no unauthorized person[b] shall come near you. 5 You shall perform the duties of the sanctuary and of the altar, that wrath may not fall again upon the Israelites.
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