Numbers 18:5-7

Expanded Bible

⁵ “You must take care of the Holy Place and the altar so that I won’t become angry with the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] again. ⁶ I myself chose your ·fellow [brother] Levites from among the ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel] as a gift given for you to the Lord, to work at the Meeting Tent. ⁷ But only you and your sons may ·serve as priests [^Lguard the priesthood]. Only you may serve at the altar or go behind the curtain. I am giving you this gift of serving as a priest, and ·anyone else [any stranger/outsider] who comes near the Holy Place will be put to death.”