Numbers 1:49-51

New International Reader's Version

⁴⁹ “You must not count the men from the tribe of Levi. Do not include them when you list the other men of Israel. ⁵⁰ Instead, put the Levites in charge of the holy tent. That is where the tablets of the covenant law are kept. The Levites will be in charge of everything that belongs to the holy tent. They must carry the tent and everything that belongs to it. They must take care of it. They must set up camp around it. ⁵¹ When the holy tent must be moved, the Levites must take it down. And when the tent must be set up, the Levites must do it. Anyone else who approaches it must be put to death.