Numbers 18:20-24 - Duties Of The Levites

²⁰ And Jehovah will say to Aaron, In their land thou shalt not inherit, and a portion shall not be to thee in the midst of them. I am thy portion and thine inheritance in the midst of the sons of Israel.

²¹ And to the sons of Levi, behold, I gave all the tenth in Israel for an inheritance for their services which they served, the service of the tent of appointment ²² And the sons of Israel shall no more come near the tent of appointment, to bear sin and to die. ²³ And it is the Levite serving the service of the tent of appointment, and they shall bear their iniquity a law forever to your generations, and in the midst of the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance. ²⁴ For the tenth of the sons of Israel which they shall lift up to Jehovah, an offering I gave to the Levites to inherit: for this I said to them, In the midst of the sons of Israel they shall not inherit an inheritance.

⁴⁷ And the Levites for the tribe of their fathers were not reviewed in the midst of them. ⁴⁸ And Jehovah will speak to Moses, saying, ⁴⁹ But the tribe of Levi thou shalt not review, and their head thou shalt not take in the midst of the sons of Israel. ⁵⁰ And thou, set the Levites over the dwelling of testimony, and over all its vessels, and over all which is to it: they shall lift up the dwelling and all its vessels, and they shall serve it, and they shall encamp round about the dwelling. ⁵¹ And in the removing of the dwelling the Levites shall take it down, and in pitching the dwelling, the Levites shall set it up: and the stranger coming near shall die.

⁵² And the sons of Israel encamped each by his camp, and each by his flag for their warfare. ⁵³ And the Levites shall encamp round about the dwelling of testimony; and there shall not be anger upon the assembly of the sons of Israel: and the Levites shall watch the watch of the dwelling of testimony. ⁵⁴ And the sons of Israel shall do according to all which Jehovah commanded Moses; so did they.