Thus they are to keepchargeof the tentof meeting,and chargeof the holyplace, and chargeof the sonsof Aarontheir relatives,for the serviceof the houseof the LORD.
They broughtup the arkof the LORDand the tentof meetingand allthe holyutensils,whichwere in the tent,and the priestsand the Levitesbroughtthem up.
They spentthe nightaroundthe houseof God,becausethe watchwas committedto them; and they [were] in chargeof opening[it] morningby morning.
"Yet I will appointthem to keepchargeof the house,of allits serviceand of allthat shall be donein it.
"But the Levitesshall camparoundthe tabernacleof the testimony,so that there will be nowrathon the congregationof the sonsof Israel.So the Levitesshall keepchargeof the tabernacleof the testimony."
"So you shall attendto the obligationsof the sanctuaryand the obligationsof the altar,so that there will nolongerbe wrathon the sonsof Israel.
Now those who were to campbeforethe tabernacleeastward,beforethe tentof meetingtoward the sunrise,are Mosesand Aaronand his sons,performingthe dutiesof the sanctuaryfor the obligationof the sonsof Israel;but the laymancomingnearwas to be putto death.
"They may, however, assisttheir brothersin the tentof meeting,to keepan obligation,but they [themselves] shall donowork.Thusyou shall dealwith the Levitesconcerning their obligations."
then he shall servein the nameof the LORDhis God,like allhis fellowLeviteswho standtherebeforethe LORD.
