"My covenantwith him was [one of] lifeand peace,and I gavethem to him [as an object of] reverence;so he reveredMe and stoodin aweof My name.
For You have heardmy vows,O God;You have given[me] the inheritanceof those who fearYour name.
He who walksin his uprightnessfearsthe LORD,But he who is deviousin his waysdespisesHim.
"I will makea covenantof peacewith them and eliminateharmfulbeastsfrom the landso that they may livesecurelyin the wildernessand sleepin the woods.
"I will makea covenantof peacewith them; it will be an everlastingcovenantwith them. And I will placethem and multiplythem, and will setMy sanctuaryin their midstforever.
When Phinehasthe sonof Eleazar,the sonof Aaronthe priest,sawit, he arosefrom the midstof the congregationand tooka spearin his hand,
and he wentafterthe manof Israelinto the tentand piercedbothof them through,the manof Israeland the woman,throughthe body.So the plagueon the sonsof Israelwas checked.
"Takethe Levitesinsteadof allthe firstbornamong the sonsof Israeland the cattleof the Levites.And the Levitesshall be Mine; I am the LORD.
"Then afterthat the Levitesmay goin to servethe tentof meeting.But you shall cleansethem and presentthem as a waveoffering;
