Numbers 3:6
Good News Translation
"Bring forward the tribe of Levi and appoint them as servants of Aaron the priest.

New Revised Standard Version
Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, so that they may assist him.

Contemporary English Version
Assign the Levi tribe to Aaron the priest. They will be his assistants

New American Bible
Summon the tribe of Levi and station them before Aaron the priest to serve him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

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Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,

Numbers 1:49-53 Number not the tribe of Levi, neither shalt thou put down the sum of them with the children of Israel: . . .

Numbers 2:17,33 And the tabernacle of the testimony shall be carried by the officers of the Levites and their troops. As it shall be set up, so shall it be taken down. Every one shall march according to their places, and ranks. . . .

Numbers 8:6-15,22-26 Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them, . . .

Numbers 16:9-11 Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him? . . .

Numbers 18:2-6 And take with thee thy brethren also of the tribe of Levi, and the sceptre of thy father, and let them be ready in hand, and minister to thee: but thou and thy sons shall minister in the tabernacle of the testimony. . . .

Exodus 32:26-29 Then standing in the gate of the camp, he said: If any man be on the Lord's side, let him join with me. And all the sons of Levi gathered themselves together unto him: . . .

Deuteronomy 33:8,9 To Levi also he said: Thy perfection, and thy doctrine be to thy holy man, whom thou hast proved in the temptation, and judged at the waters of contradiction: . . .

Malachi 2:4 And you shall know that I sent you this commandment, that my covenant might be with Levi, saith the Lord of hosts.

Context
The Duties of the Levites
5And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying: 6Bring the tribe of Levi, and make them stand in the sight of Aaron the priest to minister to him, and let them watch,7And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,…
Cross References
Numbers 1:50
But appoint them over the tabernacle of the testimony, and all the vessels thereof, and whatsoever pertaineth to the ceremonies. They shall carry the tabernacle and all the furniture thereof: and they shall minister, and shall encamp round about the tabernacle.

Numbers 3:5
And the Lord spoke to Moses, saying:

Numbers 8:6
Take the Levites out of the midst of the children of Israel, and thou shalt purify them,

Numbers 16:9
Is it a small thing unto you, that the God of Israel hath spared you from all the people, and joined you to himself, that you should serve him in the service of the tabernacle, and should stand before the congregation of the people, and should minister to him?

Numbers 18:1
And the Lord said to Aaron: Thou, and thy sons, and thy father's house with thee shall bear the iniquity of the sanctuary: and thou and thy sons with thee shall bear the sins of your priesthood.

Deuteronomy 10:8
At that time he separated the tribe of Levi, to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and to stand before him in the ministry, and to bless in his name until this present day.

1 Chronicles 23:32
And let them keep the observances of the tabernacle of the covenant, and the ceremonies of the sanctuary, and the charge of the sons of Aaron their brethren, that they may minister in the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 29:11
My sons, be not negligent: the Lord hath chosen you to stand before him, and to minister to him, and to worship him, and to burn incense to him.

Ezra 6:18
And they set the priests in their divisions, and the Levites in their courses over the works of God in Jerusalem, as it is written in the book of Moses.

Numbers 3:5
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