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But the Levites, according to the tribe of their fathers, were not numbered among them.

And Jehovah spoke to Moses, saying,

However, you shall not number the tribe of Levi, nor shall you count their heads among the sons of Israel.

But you shall appoint the Levites over the tabernacle of the testimony, and over all its furniture, and over all which is to it. They shall bear the tabernacle, and all its furniture. And they shall serve it, and shall encamp around the tabernacle.

And when the tabernacle goes forward, the Levites shall take it down. And when the tabernacle is to be encamped, the Levites shall set it up. And the stranger that draws near shall die.

And the sons of Israel shall encamp their tents, each man with his own camp, and each man with his own standard, according to their armies.

But the Levites shall encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony, that there be no wrath on the congregation of the sons of Israel. And the Levites shall keep the charge of the tabernacle of the testimony.

And the sons of Israel did according to all that Jehovah commanded Moses, so they did.