^{4 Ref} They shall be joined to you, and keep the charge of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the Tent: and a stranger shall not come near to you.

^{5 Ref} You shall keep the charge of the sanctuary, and the charge of the altar; that there be wrath no more on the children of Israel.

^{6 Ref} I, behold, I have taken your brothers the Levites from among the children of Israel: to you they are a gift, given to Yahweh, to do the service of the tent of meeting.

^{7 Ref} You and your sons with you shall keep your priesthood for everything of the altar, and for that within the veil; and you shall serve: I give you the priesthood as a service of gift: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.