Numbers 3:9-12

New International Version

⁹ Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons;^(A) they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.^{[a] 10} Appoint Aaron^(B) and his sons to serve as priests;^(C) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”^(D)

¹¹ The Lord also said to Moses, ¹² “I have taken the Levites^(E) from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring^(F) of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,^(G)