The Lord spoke to Moses: “Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to the priest Aaron to assist him. They are to perform duties for[a] him and the entire community before the tent of meeting by attending to the service of the tabernacle. They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting(A) and perform duties for the Israelites by attending to the service of the tabernacle. Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they have been assigned exclusively to him[b] from the Israelites.(B) 10 You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out their priestly responsibilities, but any unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary is to be put to death.”(C)

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  1. 3:7 Or to guard, also in v. 8
  2. 3:9 Some Hb mss, LXX, Sam read me; Nm 8:16

Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, (A)Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. They shall perform the duties for [a]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the (B)service of the tabernacle. They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. So you shall (C)assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel. 10 So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that (D)they may [b]keep their priesthood, but (E)the [c]layman who comes near shall be put to death.”

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:7 Lit him and the duties of the whole congregation
  2. Numbers 3:10 Or perform
  3. Numbers 3:10 Lit stranger