Numbers 3:6-16

Bible Text

[6] "Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him. [7] They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the tabernacle. [8] They shall keep all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the obligations of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. [9] You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons. They are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel. [10] You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood. The stranger who comes near shall be put to death." [11] Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, [12] "Behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who open the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: [13] for all the firstborn are mine. On the day that I struck down all the firstborn in the land of Egypt I made holy to me all the firstborn in Israel, both man and animal. They shall be mine. I am Yahweh." [14] Yahweh spoke to Moses in the wilderness of Sinai, saying, [15] "Number the children of Levi by their fathers' houses, by their families: every male from a month old and upward shall you number." [16] Moses numbered them according to the word of Yahweh, as he was commanded.

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Numbers 3:6-16 mentions Egypt and Wilderness of Sinai.

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