Numbers 18:4-6

Expanded Bible

⁴ They will join you in taking care of the Meeting Tent. They must do the work at the Tent, and no ·one else [stranger; outsider] may come near you.

⁵ “You must take care of the Holy Place and the altar so that I won’t become angry with the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] again. ⁶ I myself chose your ·fellow [brother] Levites from among the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] as a gift given for you to the Lord, to work at the Meeting Tent.