Bamidbar 1:48-50

Orthodox Jewish Bible

⁴⁸ For Hashem had spoken unto Moshe saying,

⁴⁹ Only thou shalt not number the tribe of Levi, neither take the sum of them among the Bnei Yisroel;

⁵⁰ But thou shalt appoint the Levi’im over the Mishkan HaEdut and over all the vessels thereof, and over all things that belong to it; they shall bear the Mishkan, and all the vessels thereof; and they shall take care of it, and shall encamp round about the Mishkan.