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They will serve Aaron and the whole community, performing their sacred duties in and around the Tabernacle.[a] They will also maintain all the furnishings of the sacred tent,[b] serving in the Tabernacle on behalf of all the Israelites. Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been given from among all the people of Israel to serve as their assistants.

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  1. 3:7 Hebrew around the Tent of Meeting, doing service at the Tabernacle.
  2. 3:8 Hebrew the Tent of Meeting; also in 3:25.

They are to perform duties for him and for the whole community(A) at the tent of meeting by doing the work(B) of the tabernacle. They are to take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, fulfilling the obligations of the Israelites by doing the work of the tabernacle. Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons;(C) they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.[a]

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  1. Numbers 3:9 Most manuscripts of the Masoretic Text; some manuscripts of the Masoretic Text, Samaritan Pentateuch and Septuagint (see also 8:16) to me