Numbers 3:1–10

1  And these are the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Jehovah spoke with Moses on mount Sinai. 2  And these are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 3  These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, who were consecrated to exercise the priesthood. 4  And Nadab and Abihu died before Jehovah when they offered strange fire before Jehovah in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no sons; and Eleazar and Ithamar exercised the priesthood in the presence of Aaron their father. 5  And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying, 6  Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him; 7  and they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole assembly, before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. 8  And they shall keep all the utensils of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. 9  And thou shalt give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him out of the children of Israel. 10  And Aaron and his sons shalt thou appoint that they may attend to their priest’s office; and the stranger that cometh near shall be put to death.