Og jeg har gitt levittene som en gave til Aron og hans sønner fra blant Israels barn, for å utføre tjenesten for Israels barn i sammenkomstens telt, og for å gjøre soning for Israels barn, så det ikke kommer noen plage over Israels barn, når de kommer nær helligdommen.
And I have given the Levites as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.