Numbers 1:47-53

LEB(i) 47 The Levites from their ancestors'* tribe were not mustered* in their midst. 48 And Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying, 49 "You will not muster* the tribe of Levi, and you will not take a census of* them in the midst of the Israelites.* 50 You will appoint* them over the tabernacle of the testimony,* over all its vessels, and over all that belongs to it. They will carry the tabernacle and all its vessels, and they will care for it; and they will camp around the tabernacle. 51 And when the tabernacle is set out, the Levites will take it down,* and when encamping the tabernacle the Levites will set it up; the stranger* that approaches it will be put to death. 52 The Israelites* will encamp, each in their own camp, and each by their* own banner according to their divisions. 53 But the Levites will encamp around the tabernacle of the testimony,* and there will not be wrath on the community of the Israelites;* and the Levites will keep the requirements of the tabernacle of the testimony."*