Numbers 1:48-50

Expanded Bible

⁴⁸ the Lord had told Moses: ⁴⁹ “Do not count the tribe of Levi or ·include [take a census of; ^Llift the head of] them with the other Israelites. ⁵⁰ Instead put the Levites in charge of the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] of the ·Agreement [Treaty; Covenant; ^LTestimony; ^Cthe Ten Commandments were in the Ark in the Tabernacle; Ex. 25:10] and everything that is with it [Ex. 32:26–29]. They must carry the ·Holy Tent [Tabernacle] and everything in it, and they must take care of it and make their camp around it.