Numbers 3:5-13

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The Levites help the priests

⁵ Then the Lord said to Moses, ⁶ ‘Bring the tribe of Levi to Aaron the priest. They must help him. ⁷ They must serve him and all the Israelites. They must work at the Tent of Meeting and take care of it. ⁸ They must work on behalf of the Israelites. They must take care of the things that are in the Tent of Meeting. That is how they will serve God. ⁹ Give the Levites to Aaron and to his descendants. They will be the Israelites who help him. They do not have to do anything else. ¹⁰ But you must make a list of Aaron and his descendants. They will be the priests. If any other person comes near to the special Tent, they must die.’

¹¹ The Lord also said to Moses, ¹² ‘I will not take the firstborn son of every woman in Israel to belong to me. I will take the Levites instead of them. ¹³ I killed all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians. But I kept the firstborn sons of every person and animal among the Israelites for myself. They belong to me. I am the Lord!’