Numbers 3:1-9 ▼

1 Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the LORD spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai.

2 These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.

3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to serve as priests.

4 But Nadab and Abihu died before the LORD when they offered strange fire before the LORD in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

5 Then the LORD spoke to Moses, saying,

6 “Bring the tribe of Levi near and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him.

7 “They shall perform the duties for him and for the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.

8 “They shall also keep all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.

9 “You shall thus give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are wholly given to him from among the sons of Israel.