¹⁹ And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from the midst of the sons of Israel, to serve the service of the sons of Israel in the Tabernacle of the congregation^◦, and to make·​·atonement for^▵ the sons of Israel; that there be not a plague striking among^◦ the sons of Israel, when the sons of Israel approach toward^▵ the sanctuary.

¹² And I^◦, behold, I have taken the Levites from the midst of the sons of Israel instead of all the firstborn that opens·​·up the womb from among the sons of Israel; and the Levites shall be Mine;