3:44 Then the Lord spoke to Moses: 3:45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn males among the Israelites, and the livestock of the Levites instead of their livestock. And the Levites will be mine. I am the Lord.
8:15 “After this, the Levites will go in 5 to do the work 6 of the tent of meeting. So you must cleanse them 7 and offer them like a wave offering. 8 8:16 For they are entirely given 9 to me from among the Israelites. I have taken them for myself instead of 10 all who open the womb, the firstborn sons of all the Israelites.
18:2 “Bring with you your brothers, the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, so that they may join 11 with you and minister to you while 12 you and your sons with you are before the tent of the testimony. 18:3 They must be responsible to care for you and to care for the entire tabernacle. However, they must not come near the furnishings of the sanctuary and the altar, or both they and you will die. 18:4 They must join 13 with you, and they will be responsible for the care of the tent of meeting, for all the service of the tent, but no unauthorized person 14 may approach you. 18:5 You will be responsible for the care of the sanctuary and the care of the altar, so that there will be 15 no more wrath on the Israelites. 18:6 I myself have chosen 16 your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the Lord, to perform the duties 17 of the tent of meeting.
12:44 On that day men were appointed over the storerooms for the contributions, first fruits, and tithes, to gather into them from 25 the fields of the cities the portions prescribed by the law for the priests and the Levites, for the people of Judah 26 took delight in the priests and Levites who were ministering. 27
44:10 “‘But the Levites who went far from me, straying off from me after their idols when Israel went astray, will be responsible for 28 their sin. 44:11 Yet they will be ministers in my sanctuary, having oversight at the gates of the temple, and serving the temple. They will slaughter the burnt offerings and the sacrifices for the people, and they will stand before them to minister to them.