New English Translation

Numbers 3:8-11 New English Translation (NET)

8. And they are responsible for all the furnishings of the tent of meeting, and for the needs of the Israelites, as they serve in the tabernacle.

9. You are to assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons; they will be assigned exclusively to him out of all the Israelites.

10. So you are to appoint Aaron and his sons, and they will be responsible for their priesthood; but the unauthorized person who comes near must be put to death.”

11. Then the Lord spoke to Moses: