8 “When there is an outbreak of leprosy,* be very careful to do according to all that the Levitical priests will instruct you.+ Be careful to do exactly as I commanded them.

3 For a long time* Israel had been without the true God, without a priest teaching, and without law.+

7 And Jeshʹu·a, Baʹni, She·re·biʹah,+ Jaʹmin, Akʹkub, Shabʹbe·thai, Ho·diʹah, Ma·a·seiʹah, Ke·liʹta, Az·a·riʹah, Joʹza·bad,+ Haʹnan, and Pe·laʹiah, who were Levites, were explaining the Law to the people,+ while the people remained standing. 8 And they continued reading aloud from the book, from the Law of the true God, clearly explaining it and putting meaning into it; so they helped the people to understand what was being read.*+

23 “‘They should instruct my people about the difference between what is holy and what is common; and they will teach them the difference between what is unclean and what is clean.+ 24 They should preside as judges in a legal case;+ they must judge it in harmony with my judicial decisions.+ They should keep my laws and my statutes regarding all my festivals+ and sanctify my sabbaths.