And Jehovah speaketh unto Moses, saying,
And ye have known that I have sent unto you this charge, For My covenant being with Levi, Said Jehovah of Hosts.
‘And Aaron and his sons thou dost appoint, and they have kept their priesthood, and the stranger who cometh near is put to death.’
‘And I, lo, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of every first-born opening a womb among the sons of Israel, and the Levites have been Mine;