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Duties of the Levites

The Lord spoke to Moses, saying: Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, and they will minister to him. They will keep his directives, and serve the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. They will keep all the instruments of the tent of meeting, and attend to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him from the children of Israel. 10 You will appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will attend to their priesthood, and the foreigner that approaches will be put to death.

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And Jehovah spake unto Moses, saying, Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him. And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. And they shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. And thou shalt give the Levites unto Aaron and to his sons: they are [a]wholly given unto him [b]on the behalf of the children of Israel. 10 And thou shalt [c]appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:9 Hebrew given, given.
  2. Numbers 3:9 Or, from
  3. Numbers 3:10 Or, number