9. Give the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they are the Israelites who are to be given wholly to him.
10. Appoint Aaron and his sons to serve as priests; anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”
11. The Lord also said to Moses,
12. “I have taken the Levites from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,