And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,
And ye shall know that I have sent this commandment to you, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the LORD of hosts.
And thou shalt appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall wait on their priest's office: and the stranger that cometh nigh shall be put to death.
And I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel, instead of all the first-born that openeth the matrix among the children of Israel: therefore the Levites shall be mine;
