8 ^hAt that time the Lord set apart the tribe of Levi to carry the ark of the covenant of the Lord to stand before the Lord to minister to him and to ⁱbless in his name, to this day.

5 For the Lord your God has ^fchosen him out of all your tribes to stand and minister in the name of the Lord, him and his sons for all time.

7 and ministers in the name of the Lord his God, like all his fellow Levites who stand to minister there before the Lord,