Numbers 3:9

6 Bring the tribe of Levi near, and set them before Aaron the priest, that they may minister to him.

7 They shall keep his charge, and the charge of the whole congregation before the tent of meeting, to do the service of the tent.

8 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.

9 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.

10 You shall appoint Aaron and his sons, and they shall keep their priesthood: and the stranger who comes near shall be put to death.

11 Yahweh spoke to Moses, saying,

12 I, behold, I have taken the Levites from among the children of Israel instead of all the firstborn who opens the womb among the children of Israel; and the Levites shall be mine: