Numbers 3:7
Good News Translation
They shall do the work required for the Tent of my presence and perform duties for the priests and for the whole community.

New Revised Standard Version
They shall perform duties for him and for the whole congregation in front of the tent of meeting, doing service at the tabernacle;

Contemporary English Version
and will work at the sacred tent for him and for all the Israelites.

New American Bible
They shall discharge his obligations and those of the whole community before the tent of meeting by maintaining the tabernacle.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And observe whatsoever appertaineth to the service of the multitude before the tabernacle of the testimony,

keep

Numbers 3:32 And the prince of the princes of the Levites, Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, shall be over them that watch for the guard of the sanctuary.

Numbers 8:26 And they shall be the ministers of their brethren in the tabernacle of the covenant, to keep the things that are committed to their care, but not to do the works. Thus shalt thou order the Levites touching their charge.

Numbers 31:30 Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

1 Chronicles 23:28-32 And they are to be under the hand of the sons of Aaron for the service of the house of the Lord, in the porches, and in the chambers, and in the place of purification, and in the sanctuary, and in all the works of the ministry of the temple of the Lord. . . .

1 Chronicles 26:20,22,26 Now Achias was over the treasures of the house of God, and the holy vessels. . . .

to do the

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 8:11,15,24-26 And Aaron shall offer the Levites, as a gift in the sight of the Lord from the children of Israel, that they may serve in his ministry. . . .

Context
The Duties of the Levites
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,8And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.…
Cross References
Leviticus 8:35
Day and night shall you remain in the tabernacle observing the watches of the Lord, lest you die. For so it hath been commanded me.

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 3:8
And let them keep the vessels of the tabernacle, serving in the ministry thereof.

Numbers 31:30
Out of the moiety also of the children of Israel thou shalt take the fiftieth head of persons, and of oxen, and asses, and sheep, and of all beasts, and thou shalt give them to the Levites that watch in the charge of the tabernacle of the Lord.

Numbers 3:6
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