⁹ And you shall wrap their waists with ^(A)sashes, Aaron and his sons, and fit ^[a]caps on them, and they shall have ^(B)the priesthood by a permanent statute. So you shall ^[b](C)ordain Aaron and his sons.

Levite Priesthood Established

3 ^(A)Now these are the records of the generations of Aaron and Moses at the time when the Lord spoke with Moses on Mount Sinai. ^2 (B)These then are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ³ These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the ^(C)anointed priests, whom he ^[a]ordained to serve as priests. ^4 (D)But Nadab and Abihu died in the presence of the Lord when they offered ^[b]strange fire before the Lord in the wilderness of Sinai; and they had no children. So Eleazar and Ithamar served as priests ^[c]in the lifetime of their father Aaron.

⁵ Then the Lord spoke to Moses, saying, ⁶ “^(E)Bring the tribe of Levi forward and present them before Aaron the priest, that they may serve him. ⁷ They shall perform the duties for ^[d]him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, to do the ^(F)service of the tabernacle. ⁸ They shall also take care of all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, along with the duties of the sons of Israel, to do the service of the tabernacle. ⁹ So you shall ^(G)assign the Levites to Aaron and to his sons; they are exclusively assigned to him from the sons of Israel. ¹⁰ So you shall appoint Aaron and his sons that ^(H)they may ^[e]keep their priesthood, but ^(I)the ^[f]layman who comes near shall be put to death.”