Num 8:5-22, 1Ch 23:3-5, 24-32, 24:27-31 | ESV | STEP | And the Lord spoke to Moses , saying ,

5 And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, 6 “Take the Levites from among the people of Israel and cleanse them. 7 Thus you shall do to them to cleanse them: sprinkle the ^awater of purification upon them, and ^blet them go with a razor over all their body, and wash their clothes and cleanse themselves. 8 Then let them take a bull from the herd and ^cits grain offering of fine flour mixed with oil, ^dand you shall take another bull from the herd for a sin offering. 9 ^eAnd you shall bring the Levites before the tent of meeting ^fand assemble the whole congregation of the people of Israel. 10 When you bring the Levites before the Lord, the people of Israel ^gshall lay their hands on the Levites, 11 and Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the people of Israel, that they may do the service of the Lord. 12 Then the Levites ^hshall lay their hands on the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer ⁱthe one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord to make atonement for the Levites. 13 And you shall set the Levites before Aaron and his sons, and shall offer them as ^ja wave offering to the Lord.

14 “Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the people of Israel, and ^kthe Levites shall be mine. 15 And after that the Levites shall go in to serve at the tent of meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a ^lwave offering. 16 For they are ^mwholly given to me from among the people of Israel. ⁿInstead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the people of Israel, I have taken them for myself. 17 ^oFor all the firstborn among the people of Israel are mine, both of man and of beast. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I consecrated them for myself, 18 and I have taken the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel. 19 ^pAnd I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and his sons from among the people of Israel, to do the service for the people of Israel at the tent of meeting and ^qto make atonement for the people of Israel, ^rthat there may be no plague among the people of Israel when the people of Israel come near the sanctuary.”

20 Thus did Moses and Aaron and all the congregation of the people of Israel to the Levites. According to all that the Lord commanded Moses concerning the Levites, the people of Israel did to them. 21 And ^sthe Levites purified themselves from sin and washed their clothes, and ^tAaron offered them as a wave offering before the Lord, and Aaron made atonement for them to cleanse them. 22 And after that the Levites went in to do their service in the tent of meeting before Aaron and his sons; as the Lord had commanded Moses concerning the Levites, so they did to them.

1 Chronicles 23:3-5

3 The Levites, ^uthirty years old and upward, were numbered, and ^vthe total was ^w38,000 men. 4 “Twenty-four thousand of these,” David said, ^{▼▼Hebrew lacks David said} ^y“shall have charge of the work in the house of the Lord, 6,000 shall be ^zofficers and judges, 5 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments ^aathat I have made for praise.”

1 Chronicles 23:24-32

24 ^abThese were the sons of Levi by their fathers’ houses, the heads of fathers’ houses ^acas they were listed according to the number of the names of the individuals from ^adtwenty years old and upward who were to do the work for the service of the house of the Lord. 25 For David said, “The Lord, the God of Israel, ^aehas given rest to his people, and he dwells in Jerusalem forever. 26 And so the Levites no longer need ^afto carry the tabernacle or any of the things for its service.” 27 For by the last words of David the sons of Levi were numbered from ^agtwenty years old and upward. 28 For their duty was to assist the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, having the care of the courts and the chambers, the cleansing of all that is holy, and any work for the service of the house of God. 29 Their duty was also to assist with the ^ahshowbread, the ^aiflour for the grain offering, the wafers of unleavened bread, the ^ajbaked offering, the ^akoffering mixed with oil, and all ^almeasures of quantity or size. 30 And they were to stand every morning, thanking and praising the Lord, and likewise at evening, 31 and whenever burnt offerings were offered to the Lord ^amon Sabbaths, ^annew moons, and feast days, ^aoaccording to the number required of them, regularly before the Lord. 32 Thus ^apthey were to keep charge of the tent of meeting and the sanctuary, and to attend the sons of Aaron, their brothers, for the ^aqservice of the house of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 24:27-31

27 The sons of Merari: of Jaaziah, Beno, Shoham, Zaccur, and Ibri. 28 Of Mahli: Eleazar, ^arwho had no sons. 29 Of Kish, the sons of Kish: Jerahmeel. 30 ^asThe sons of Mushi: Mahli, Eder, and Jerimoth. These were the sons of the Levites according to their fathers’ houses. 31 These also, the head of each father’s house and his younger brother alike, ^atcast lots, just as their brothers the sons of Aaron, in the presence of King David, ^auZadok, Ahimelech, and the heads of fathers’ houses of the priests and of the Levites.