Numbers 1:53 References
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"aBut the Levites shall camp around the tabernacle of the testimony, so that there will be bno wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. cSo the Levites shall keep charge of the tabernacle of the testimony."
c Numbers 8:24, Numbers 18:2-4, 1 Chronicles 23:32
Numbers 8
24
"This is what applies to the Levites: from atwenty-five years old and upward they shall enter to perform service in the work of the tent of meeting.
Numbers 18
2
"But bring with you also your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, that they may be ajoined with you and serve you, while you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony.
3
"And they shall thus attend to your obligation and the obligation of all the tent, but athey shall not come near to the furnishings of the sanctuary and bthe altar, or both they and you will die.
4
"They shall be joined with you and attend to the obligations of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent; but an outsider may not come near you.