Numbers 18:2-4

Good News Translation

² Bring in your relatives, the tribe of Levi, to work with you and help you while you and your sons are serving at the Tent. ³ They are to fulfill their duties to you and their responsibilities for the Tent, but they must not have any contact with sacred objects in the Holy Place or with the altar. If they do, both they and you will be put to death. ⁴ They are to work with you and fulfill their responsibilities for all the service in the Tent, but no unqualified person may work with you.