⁵ Then Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ “^(A)Bring the tribe of Levi near and have them stand before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. ⁷ And they shall keep his responsibility and the responsibility for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to perform the ^(B)service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the responsibility of the sons of Israel, to perform the service of the ^[a]tabernacle. ⁹ You shall thus ^(C)give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that ^(D)they may keep their priesthood, but ^(E)the ^[b]outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”