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Bring the tribe of Levi near ,
and present them before Aaron the priest ,
that they may serve him .
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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 .
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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 .
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And you shall give the Levites to Aaron and his sons ;
they are given entirely to him from among the children of Israel .
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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 ."
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses ,
saying :
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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 ,
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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 ."
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Then the LORD spoke to Moses in the Wilderness of Sinai ,
saying :
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Number the children of Levi by their fathers '
houses ,
by their families ;
you shall number every male from a month old and above ."
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So Moses numbered them according to the word of the LORD ,
as he was commanded .