Numbers 8:13-15

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹³ And thou shalt set the Levites in the sight of Aaron and of his sons, and shalt consecrate them being offered to the Lord,

¹⁴ And shalt separate them from the midst of the children of Israel, to be mine.

¹⁵ And afterwards they shall enter into the tabernacle of the covenant, to serve me. And thus shalt thou purify and consecrate them for an oblation of the Lord: for as a gift they were given me by the children of Israel.