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Now this is the history of the generations of Aaron and Moses in the day that Yahweh spoke with Moses in Mount Sinai.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron: Nadab the firstborn, and Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
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These are the names of the sons of Aaron, the priests who were anointed, whom he consecrated to minister in the priest`s office.
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Nadab and Abihu died before Yahweh, when they offered strange fire before Yahweh, in the wilderness of Sinai, and they had no children; and Eleazar and Ithamar ministered in the priest`s office in the presence of Aaron their father.
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Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,
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Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.
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They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tent.
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They shall keep all the furniture of the tent of meeting, and the charge of the children of Israel, to do the service of the tent.
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You shall give the Levites to Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given to him on the behalf of the children of Israel.
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You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.