Numbers 3:6
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New International Version (©2011)
"Bring the tribe of Levi and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

New Living Translation (©2007)
"Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron the priest to serve as his assistants.

English Standard Version (©2001)
“Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
"Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest to assist him.

International Standard Version (©2012)
"Bring the tribe of Levi near and present them to Aaron the priest so they may serve him.

NET Bible (©2006)
"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
"Bring the tribe of Levi, and have them stand in front of the priest Aaron to assist him.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

American King James Version
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

American Standard Version
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Darby Bible Translation
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him;

English Revised Version
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister unto him.

Webster's Bible Translation
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

World English Bible
"Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

Young's Literal Translation
'Bring near the tribe of Levi, and thou hast caused it to stand before Aaron the priest, and they have served him,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

3:1-13 There was much work belonging to the priests' office, and there were now only Aaron and his two sons to do it; God appoints the Levites to attend them. Those whom God finds work for, he will find help for. The Levites were taken instead of the first-born. When He that made us, saves us, as the first-born of Israel were saved, we are laid under further obligations to serve him faithfully. God's right to us by redemption, confirms the right he has to us by creation.

Pulpit Commentary

Verse 6. - Bring the tribe of Levi near. Not by any outward act of presentation, but by assigning to them solemnly the duties following. The expression is often used of servants coming to receive orders from their masters.

Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Bring the tribe of Levi near,.... Separate them from the rest, set them apart for special service about, the sanctuary, let them have a place nearer to it than the other tribes, or offer them, that is, to the Lord, as in Numbers 8:11; as well as bring them near to Aaron; so it follows:

and present them before Aaron the priest; that he may receive them as a gift unto him, as servants to wait upon him; and! that he may appoint and declare unto them their work, and set them about it:

that they may minister unto him; in guarding the tabernacle taking care of the vessels of it, taking it down, carrying it, from place to place, and setting it up as there was occasion for it.

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Duties of the Levites
5And the LORD spoke to Moses, saying, 6Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. 7And they shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the service of the tabernacle. …

Numbers 1:50 Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle of the covenant law--over all its furnishings and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it.
Numbers 3:5 The LORD said to Moses,
Numbers 8:6 "Take the Levites from among all the Israelites and make them ceremonially clean.
Numbers 16:9 Isn't it enough for you that the God of Israel has separated you from the rest of the Israelite community and brought you near himself to do the work at the LORD's tabernacle and to stand before the community and minister to them?
Numbers 18:1 The LORD said to Aaron, "You, your sons and your family are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the sanctuary, and you and your sons alone are to bear the responsibility for offenses connected with the priesthood.
Deuteronomy 10:8 At that time the LORD set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the LORD, to stand before the LORD to minister and to pronounce blessings in his name, as they still do today.
1 Chronicles 23:32 And so the Levites carried out their responsibilities for the tent of meeting, for the Holy Place and, under their relatives the descendants of Aaron, for the service of the temple of the LORD.
2 Chronicles 29:11 My sons, do not be negligent now, for the LORD has chosen you to stand before him and serve him, to minister before him and to burn incense."
Ezra 6:18 And they installed the priests in their divisions and the Levites in their groups for the service of God at Jerusalem, according to what is written in the Book of Moses.