"They may, however, assisttheir brothersin the tentof meeting,to keepan obligation,but they [themselves] shall donowork.Thusyou shall dealwith the Levitesconcerning their obligations."
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.
"Yet they shall be ministersin My sanctuary,having oversightat the gatesof the houseand ministeringin the house;they shall slaughterthe burntofferingand the sacrificefor the people,and they shall standbeforethem to ministerto them.
"And you have not keptchargeof My holythingsyourselves, but you have set[foreigners] to keepchargeof My sanctuary."
"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."
"They shall be joinedwith you and attendto the obligationsof the tentof meeting,for allthe serviceof the tent;but an outsidermay not comenearyou.
and Eleazarthe sonof Aaronthe priest[was] the chiefof the leadersof Levi,[and had] the oversightof those who performthe dutiesof the sanctuary.
"From the sonsof Israel'shalf,you shall takeonedrawnout of every fiftyof the persons,of the cattle,of the donkeysand of the sheep,from allthe animals,and givethem to the Leviteswho keepchargeof the tabernacleof the LORD."
"But at the ageof fiftyyearsthey shall retirefrom servicein the workand not workanymore.
Take painswith these things;be [absorbed] in them, sothat your progresswill be evidentto all.
