And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Lvim from among the children of Yisrael: to you they are given as a gift for YY , to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.
Take the Lvim instead of all the firstborn among the children of Yisrael, and the cattle of the Lvim instead of their cattle; and the Lvim shall be mine: I am YY .
At that time YY separated the tribe of Levi, to bear the ark of the covenant of YY , to stand before YY to minister unto him, and to bless in his name, unto this day.
For all the firstborn of the children of Yisrael are mine, both man and beast: on the day that I smote every firstborn in the land of Egypt I sanctified them for myself.
Speak unto the children of Yisrael, and say unto them, When either man or woman shall separate themselves to vow a vow of a Nazarite, to separate themselves unto YY :
And I, behold, I have taken the Lvim from among the children of Yisrael instead of all the firstborn that openeth the matrix among the children of Yisrael: therefore the Lvim shall be mine;