Numbers 3:1-10

Bishops(i) 1 These also are the generations of Aaron and Moyses, in ye day that the Lorde spake with Moyses in mount Sinai 2 And these are the names of the sonnes of Aaron: Nadab the eldest sonne, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar 3 These are the names of the sonnes of Aaron whiche were priestes annoynted, and whose hande was consecrated to minister 4 And Nadab and Abihu dyed before the Lorde, when they offred straunge fire befor the Lorde in the wyldernesse of Sinai, and had no chyldren: And Eleazar and Ithamar ministred in the sight of Aaron their father 5 And the Lorde spake vnto Moyses, saying 6 Bryng the tribe of Leui, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may serue hym 7 And take the charge with hym, euen the charge of the whole congregation before the tabernacle of the congregation, to do the seruice of the tabernacle 8 They shall kepe all the instrumentes of the tabernacle of the congregation, & haue the charge of the chyldren of Israel, to do the seruice of the tabernacle 9 And thou shalt geue the Leuites vnto Aaron and to his sonnes: for they are geuen and deliuered vnto hym of the chyldren of Israel 10 And thou shalt appoynt Aaron and his sonnes to wayte on their priestes office: and the straunger that commeth nye, shalbe slayne