1. And these are the generations of Aharon and Mosheh when יהוה spoke with Mosheh on Mount Sinai.
2. And these are the names of the sons of Aharon: Naḏaḇ, the first-born, and Aḇihu, El‛azar, and Ithamar.
3. These are the names of the sons of Aharon, the anointed priests, whom he ordained to act as priests.
4. And Naḏaḇ and Aḇihu had died before יהוה when they brought strange fire before יהוה in the Wilderness of Sinai. And they had no children. So El‛azar and Ithamar acted as priests in the presence of Aharon their father.
5. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,
6. “Bring the tribe of Lĕwi near, and set them before Aharon the priest, and they shall serve him,
7. and shall guard his duty and the duty of all the congregation before the Tent of Meeting, to do the service of the Dwelling Place.
8. “And they shall guard all the furnishings of the Tent of Meeting, and the duty of the children of Yisra’ĕl, to do the service of the Dwelling Place.
9. “And you shall give the Lĕwites to Aharon and his sons. They are the given ones, given to him from among the children of Yisra’ĕl.
10. “And appoint Aharon and his sons, and they shall guard their priesthood. And the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.”
11. And יהוה spoke to Mosheh, saying,