Numbers [In the desert] 18:3-9

³They shall keep your orders, and the duty of the whole Tent; only they shall not come near to the utensils of the sanctuary and to the altar, that they not die, neither they, nor you.

⁴They shall be joined to you, and keep the responsibility of the Tent of Meeting, for all the service of the Tent. A stranger shall not come near to you.

⁵“You shall perform the duty of the sanctuary and the duty of the altar, that there be no more wrath on the children of Israel God prevails.

⁶Behold, I myself have taken your brothers the Levites Descendants of United with from among the children of Israel God prevails. They are a gift to you, dedicated to Adonai , to do the service of the Tent of Meeting.

⁷You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil. You shall serve. I give you the service of the priesthood as a gift. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”

⁸Adonai spoke to Aaron Light-bringer, “Behold, I myself have given you the charge of my wave offerings, even all the holy things of the children of Israel God prevails. I have given them to you by reason of the anointing, and to your sons, as a chok ·portion· forever.

⁹This shall be yours of the most holy things from the fire: every offering of theirs, even every meal offering of theirs, and every sin offering of theirs, and every trespass offering of theirs, which they shall render to me, shall be most holy for you and for your sons.