Scriptures

New King James Version (NKJV)

Numbers 3
⁷ And they shall attend to his needs and the needs of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of meeting, to do the work of the tabernacle.
⁸ Also they shall attend to all the furnishings of the tabernacle of meeting, and to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the work of the tabernacle.
⁹ And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel.
¹⁰ So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but the outsider who comes near shall be put to death."
¹¹ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
¹² "Now behold, I Myself have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel. Therefore the Levites shall be Mine,
¹³ because all the firstborn are Mine. On the day that I struck all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, I sanctified to Myself all the firstborn in Israel, both man and beast. They shall be Mine: I am the Lord."
¹⁴ Then the Lord spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai, saying:
¹⁵ "Number the children of Levi by their fathers’ houses, by their families; you shall number every male from a month old and above."
¹⁶ So Moses numbered them according to the word of the Lord, as he was commanded.
¹⁷ These were the sons of Levi by their names: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.