And said to them, You are the chief of the fathers of the Levites: sanctify yourselves, both you and your kindred, that you may bring up the ark of the LORD God of Israel unto the place that I have prepared for it.
And the children of the Levites carried the ark of God upon their shoulders with the poles on it, as Moses commanded according to the word of the LORD.
And they gathered their brethren, and sanctified themselves, and came, according to the commandment of the king, by the words of the LORD, to cleanse the house of the LORD.
But the priests were too few, so that they could not skin all the burnt offerings: therefore their kindred the Levites helped them, till the work was ended, and until the other priests had sanctified themselves: for the Levites were more upright in heart to sanctify themselves than the priests.
And it came to pass, when the priests had come out of the holy place: (for all the priests that were present were sanctified, and did not then serve by company:
Then Moses said to Aaron, This is what the LORD spoke, saying, I will be sanctified in those who come near me, and before all the people I will be glorified. And Aaron held his peace.