Numbers 8:18-20

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁸ And I have taken the Levites for all the firstborn of the children of Israel:

¹⁹ And have delivered them for a gift to Aaron and his sons out of the midst of the people, to serve me for Israel in the tabernacle of the covenant, and to pray for them, lest there should be a plague among the people, if they should presume to approach unto my sanctuary.

²⁰ And Moses and Aaron and all the multitude of the children of Israel did with the Levites all that the Lord had commanded Moses: