Numbers 8:19

Lexham English Bible

¹⁹ And I have given the Levites; they are given to Aaron and his sons from the midst of the Israelites^[a] to do the work of the Israelites^[b] in the tent of the assembly and to make atonement for the Israelites,^[c] so a plague will not be among the Israelites^[d] when the Israelites^[e] come near the sanctuary.”