9. You are to give the Levites to Aaron and his sons. Out of Bnei-Yisrael they are dedicated entirely to him.
10. You are to appoint Aaron and his sons to maintain the priesthood; any commoner who approaches must be executed.”
11. Then Adonai said to Moses saying,
12. “See, I have taken the Levites from among Bnei-Yisrael in place of the firstborn who open the womb among Bnei-Yisrael. The Levites will be Mine,