Deuteronomy 18:5-7

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵ For the Lord thy God hath chosen him of all thy tribes, to stand and to minister to the name of the Lord, him and his sons for ever.

⁶ If a Levite go out of any one of the cities throughout all Israel, in which he dwelleth, and have a longing mind to come to the place which the Lord shall choose,

⁷ He shall minister in the name of the Lord his God, as all his brethren the Levites do, that shall stand at that time before the Lord.