Num 3:6-8, 11-12 | ESV | STEP | Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest , that they may minister to him.

Numbers 3:6-8

6 ^a“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7 They shall keep guard over him and over the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, ^bas they minister at the tabernacle. 8 They shall guard all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and keep guard over the people of Israel as they minister at the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:11-12

11 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 12 “Behold, ^cI have taken the Levites from among the people of Israel instead of every firstborn who opens the womb among the people of Israel. The Levites shall be mine,