Numbers:3:1-13
rsv@Numbers:3:1 @ These are the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.
rsv@Numbers:3:2 @ These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the first-born, and Abi'hu, Elea'zar, and Ith'amar;
rsv@Numbers:3:3 @ these are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to minister in the priest's office.
rsv@Numbers:3:4 @ But Nadab and Abi'hu died before the LORD when they offered unholy fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Elea'zar and Ith'amar served as priests in the lifetime of Aaron their father.
rsv@Numbers:3:5 @ And the LORD said to Moses,
rsv@Numbers:3:6 @ "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
rsv@Numbers:3:7 @ They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, as they minister at the tabernacle;
rsv@Numbers:3:8 @ they shall have charge of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and attend to the duties for the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.
rsv@Numbers:3:9 @ And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the people of Israel.
rsv@Numbers:3:10 @ And you shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall attend to their priesthood; but if any one else comes near, he shall be put to death."
rsv@Numbers:3:11 @ And the LORD said to Moses,
rsv@Numbers:3:12 @ "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every first-born that opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,
rsv@Numbers:3:13 @ for all the first-born are mine; on the day that I slew all the first-born in the land of Egypt, I consecrated for my own all the first-born in Israel, both of man and of beast; they shall be mine: I am the LORD."
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