also Ezekiel). The same service to the sacred characterizes the ordination of the Levites (Num 1:50; see also Deut 10:8; 18:5; 21:5; and esp. 1:38, where the phrase hā‘ōmēd lĕpānêkā, “to stand before,” is also used). The service of the Levites can also be one of assisting the Aaronide priests as helpers (Num 3:6, 31; 8:26; 18:2). This latter meaning, of a personal assistant to another in a more senior or authoritative position, has influenced the translation of mĕšārēt in Josh 1:1 as “Moses’ assistant” (see