And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the Levites, from among the children of Israel,.... Numbers 3:12; where the same is said, only they, are here called the brethren of the priests for the reason given, Numbers 18:2;
to you [they are] given [as] a gift for the Lord, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; Numbers 3:7,
Numbers 3:8, and