26 Then Moses took his stand in the gate of the camp and said: “Who is on Jehovah’s side?* To me!”+ And all the sons of Leʹvi began gathering themselves to him.

6 “Take the Levites from among the sons of Israel, and you must cleanse them.+

2 And bring near, also, your brothers of the tribe of Leʹvi, the clan of your father, with you, that they may be joined to you and may minister to you,+ to both you and your sons with you, before the tent of the Testimony.+

4 And YOU will have to know that I have sent to YOU this commandment,+ in order that my covenant+ with Leʹvi* may continue,”+ Jehovah of armies has said.