Numbers 1:47–53

⁴⁷But ^kthe Levites after the tribe of their fathers were not numbered among them. ⁴⁸For the Lord had spoken unto Moses, saying, ⁴⁹Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the children of Israel: ^50lBut thou shalt appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of Testimony, and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it: they shall bear the tabernacle, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall minister unto it, ^mand shall encamp round about the tabernacle. ⁵¹ⁿAnd when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: ^oand the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death. ⁵²And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and ^pevery man by his own standard, throughout their hosts. ^53qBut the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of Testimony, that there be no ^rwrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites ^sshall keep the charge of the tabernacle of Testimony.