8 But you have ^yturned aside from the way. You have caused many to stumble by your instruction. You have corrupted the covenant of Levi, says the Lord of hosts,

12 Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my ^wcovenant of ^xpeace, 13 and it shall be to him and to his descendants after him the covenant of a ^yperpetual priesthood, because he was ^zjealous for his God and made atonement for the people of Israel.’”

29 Remember them, O my God, because they have desecrated the priesthood and the ^vcovenant of the priesthood and the Levites.

45 “Take the Levites instead of all the firstborn among the people of Israel, and the cattle of the Levites instead of their cattle. The Levites shall be mine: I am the Lord.