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10 But you will count Aaron and his descendants; they will keep their priesthood, and the stranger[a] who approaches will be put to death.”

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses saying, 12 “I myself receive the Levites from the midst of the Israelites[b] in the place of all the firstborn of the offspring of the womb from the Israelites.[c] The Levites will be mine

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 3:10 Or “outsider”
  2. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  3. Numbers 3:12 Literally “sons/children of Israel”

10 Appoint Aaron(A) and his sons to serve as priests;(B) anyone else who approaches the sanctuary is to be put to death.”(C)

11 The Lord also said to Moses, 12 “I have taken the Levites(D) from among the Israelites in place of the first male offspring(E) of every Israelite woman. The Levites are mine,(F)

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