And they shall be joined unto thee, and keep the charge of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come nigh unto you.
And he smote the men of Bethshemesh, because they had looked into the ark of YY , even he smote of the people fifty thousand and threescore and ten men: and the people lamented, because YY had smitten many of the people with a great slaughter.
And when the tabernacle setteth forward, the Lvim shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Lvim shall set it up: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And they shall keep thy charge, and the charge of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come nigh the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor ye also, die.
And of the children of Yisrael's half, thou shalt take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the beeves, of the asses, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them unto the Lvim, which keep the charge of the tabernacle of YY .
But the Lvim shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Yisrael: and the Lvim shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of testimony.
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to keep the charge, and shall do no service. Thus shalt thou do unto the Lvim touching their charge.