Numbers 3:5-10

New American Standard Bible

⁵ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ “^(A)Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. ⁷ They shall perform the duties for ^[a]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the ^(B)service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ So you shall ^(C)assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that ^(D)they may ^[b]keep their priesthood, but ^(E)the ^[c]layman who comes near shall be put to death.”