<p class="poetry">The well which the princes<n id="1" /> dug,p> <p class="poetry">which the leaders of the people openedp> <p class="poetry">with their scepters and their staffs.&#8221;p> <p class="bodytext">And from the wilderness they traveled to Mattanah;

I myself have chosen<n id="1" /> your brothers the Levites from among the Israelites. They are given to you as a gift from the <sc>Lordsc>, to perform the duties<n id="2" /> of the tent of meeting.

But you and your sons with you are responsible for your priestly duties, for everything at the altar and within the curtain. And you must serve. I give you the priesthood as a gift for service; but the unauthorized person who approaches must be put to death.&#8221;p>