9. You shall present the Levites before the Tent of Meeting, and you shall assemble the whole Israelite congregation.
10. And you shall present the Levites before the Lord, and the Israelites shall put their hands upon the Levites,
11. And Aaron shall offer the Levites before the Lord as a wave offering from the Israelites and on their behalf, that they may do the service of the Lord.
12. Then the Levites shall lay their hands upon the heads of the bulls, and you shall offer the one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for the Levites.
13. And you shall present the Levites before Aaron and his sons and offer them as a wave offering to the Lord.
14. Thus you shall separate the Levites from among the Israelites, and the Levites shall be Mine [in a very special sense].
15. And after that the Levites shall go in to do service at the Tent of Meeting, when you have cleansed them and offered them as a wave offering.
16. For they are wholly given to Me from among the Israelites; instead of all who open the womb, the firstborn of all the Israelites, I have taken the Levites for Myself.