3 These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.
4 Nadab and Abihu died before the Lord when they brought strange fire before the Lord in the Wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children, and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered as priests in the sight of Aaron their father.
5 The Lord spoke to Moses, saying:
6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and present them before Aaron the priest, and they will minister to him.
7 They will keep his directives, and serve the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle.
8 They will keep all the instruments of the tent of meeting, and attend to the needs of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle.
9 You will give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him from the children of Israel.