²¹ In the tabernacle of meeting, ^(A)outside the veil which is before the Testimony, ^(B)Aaron and his sons shall tend it from evening until morning before the Lord. ^(C)It shall be a statute forever to their generations on behalf of the children of Israel.

¹⁵ You shall anoint them, as you anointed their father, that they may minister to Me as priests; for their anointing shall surely be ^(A)an everlasting priesthood throughout their generations.”

¹⁰ So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, ^(A)and they shall attend to their priesthood; ^(B)but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

⁷ Therefore ^(A)you and your sons with you shall attend to your priesthood for everything at the altar and ^(B)behind the veil; and you shall serve. I give your priesthood to you as a ^(C)gift for service, but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death.”

¹³ and it shall be to him and ^(A)his descendants after him a covenant of ^(B)an everlasting priesthood, because he was ^(C)zealous for his God, and ^(D)made ^[a]atonement for the children of Israel.’ ”

⁵ For ^(A)the Lord your God has chosen him out of all your tribes ^(B)to stand to minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons forever.

⁵ The man Micah had a ^(A)shrine, and made an ^(B)ephod and ^(C)household^[a] idols; and he consecrated one of his sons, who became his priest.

³⁰ Therefore the Lord God of Israel says: ^(A)‘I said indeed that your house and the house of your father would walk before Me forever.’ But now the Lord says: ^(B)‘Far be it from Me; for those who honor Me I will honor, and ^(C)those who despise Me shall be lightly esteemed.

³¹ He made ^[a]shrines on the high places, ^(A)and made priests from every class of people, who were not of the sons of Levi.