And they shall be joined to you, and have the responsibilities of the tabernacle of the congregation, for all the service of the tabernacle: and a stranger shall not come near to you.
And when the tabernacle goes forward, the Levites shall take it down: and when the tabernacle is to be pitched, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger that comes near shall be put to death.
But the Levites shall pitch round about the tabernacle of testimony, that there be no wrath upon the congregation of the children of Israel: and the Levites shall have the oversight of the tabernacle of testimony.
And they shall fulfill your responsibilities, and the responsibilities of all the tabernacle: only they shall not come near the vessels of the sanctuary and the altar, that neither they, nor you also, die.
And you shall have the responsibilities of the sanctuary, and the responsibilities of the altar: that there be no wrath any more upon the children of Israel.
And from the children of Israel’s half, you shall take one portion of fifty, of the persons, of the herd, of the donkeys, and of the flocks, of all manner of beasts, and give them to the Levites, which have the oversight of the tabernacle of the LORD.
But shall minister with their brethren in the tabernacle of the congregation, to fulfill their responsibilities, and shall do no service. Thus shall you do unto the Levites concerning their duties.
And he struck the men of Beth-shemesh, because they had looked into the ark of the LORD, even he struck of the people fifty thousand and seventy men: and the people lamented, because the LORD had stricken many of the people with a great slaughter.