Numbers 1:46-53

⁴⁶And all they were in nomber sixe hudreth and three thousande, fiue hundreth and fiftie.

⁴⁷But the Leuites, after the tribes of their fathers were not nombred among them.

⁴⁸For the Lord had spoken vnto Moses, and said,

⁴⁹Onely thou shalt not number the tribe of Leui, neither take the summe of them among the children of Israel:

⁵⁰But thou shalt appoynt the Leuites ouer the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, and ouer all the instruments thereof, and ouer all things that belong to it: they shall beare the Tabernacle, and all the instruments thereof, and shall minister in it, and shall dwell round about the Tabernacle.

⁵¹And when the Tabernacle goeth forth, the Leuites shall take it downe: and when the Tabernacle is to be pitched, ye Leuites shall set it vp: for the stranger that commeth neere, shalbe slaine.

⁵²Also the children of Israel shall pitch their tentes, euery man in his campe, and euery man vnder his standerd throughout their armies.

⁵³But the Leuites shall pitch rounde about the Tabernacle of the Testimonie, least vengeance come vpon the Congregation of the children of Israel, and the Leuites shall take the charge of the Tabernacle of the Testimonie.