At that time [06256] the Lord [03068] separated [0914] the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878], to bear [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], to stand [05975] before [06440] the Lord [03068] to minister [08334] unto him, and to bless [01288] in his name [08034], unto this day [03117].
Wherefore Levi [03878] hath no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with his brethren [0251]; the Lord [03068] is his inheritance [05159], according as the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] promised [01696] him.
The priests [03548] the Levites [03881], and all the tribe [07626] of Levi [03878], shall have no part [02506] nor inheritance [05159] with Israel [03478]: they shall eat [0398] the offerings [0801] of the Lord [03068] made by fire [0801], and his inheritance [05159].
And the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878] shall come near [05066]; for them the Lord [03068] thy God [0430] hath chosen [0977] to minister [08334] unto him, and to bless [01288] in the name [08034] of the Lord [03068]; and by their word [06310] shall every controversy [07379] and every stroke [05061] be tried:word: Heb. mouth
These shall stand [05975] upon mount [02022] Gerizim [01630] to bless [01288] the people [05971], when ye are come over [05674] Jordan [03383]; Simeon [08095], and Levi [03878], and Judah [03063], and Issachar [03485], and Joseph [03130], and Benjamin [01144]:
And Moses [04872] wrote [03789] this law [08451], and delivered [05414] it unto the priests [03548] the sons [01121] of Levi [03878], which bare [05375] the ark [0727] of the covenant [01285] of the Lord [03068], and unto all the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].
And of Levi [03878] he said [0559], Let thy Thummim [08550] and thy Urim [0224] be with thy holy [02623] one [0376], whom thou didst prove [05254] at Massah [04532], and with whom thou didst strive [07378] at the waters [04325] of Meribah [04809];