Then he is to sprinkle on it some of the blood with his finger seven times, and cleanse and consecrate it from the impurities of the Israelites.

“Speak to the Israelites and tell them, ‘I am the Lord your God!

You must not take vengeance or bear a grudge against the children of your people, but you must love your neighbor as yourself. I am the Lord.

So Moses spoke these things to Aaron, his sons, and all the Israelites.

They must not profane the holy offerings which the Israelites contribute to the Lord,

You must not profane my holy name, and I will be sanctified in the midst of the Israelites. I am the Lord who sanctifies you,

You must also offer one male goat for a sin offering and two yearling lambs for a peace offering sacrifice,

Moreover, you are to tell the Israelites, ‘If any man curses his God he will bear responsibility for his sin,

These are the commandments which the Lord commanded Moses to tell the Israelites at Mount Sinai.

“The Israelites will camp according to their divisions, each man in his camp, and each man by his standard.

The Israelites did according to all that the Lord commanded Moses – that is what they did.

But the Levites were not numbered among the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab, the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the anointed priests, whom he consecrated to minister as priests.

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

And the responsibilities of the Gershonites in the tent of meeting included the tabernacle, the tent with its covering, the curtain at the entrance of the tent of meeting,

And for the redemption of the 273 firstborn males of the Israelites who exceed the number of the Levites,

“Also take a census of the Gershonites, by their clans and by their families.

So Moses and Aaron and the leaders of the community numbered the Kohathites by their families and by clans,

Every offering of all the Israelites’ holy things that they bring to the priest will be his.