and Aaron shall offer the Levites as a wave-offering before Yahweh, from among the sons of Israel,—so shall they be for performing the laborious work of Yahweh.
I, therefore, lo! I have taken the Levites out of the midst of the sons of Israel, instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth, from among the sons of Israel,—so shall the Levites be mine;
and shalt lay the whole upon the trends of Aaron, and upon the hands of his sons,—then shalt thou wave them to and fro as a wave-offering, before Yahweh;
For, given, given, they are unto me, out of the midst of the sons of Israel,—instead of every firstborn that a mother beareth from among the sons of Israel, have I taken them unto me.