LEVITES, Subordinate to the sons of Aaron

Numbers 3:9

9. And thou shalt give the LEVITES unto Aaron and to his sons: they are wholly given unto him out of the children of Israel.

Numbers 8:19

19. And I have given the LEVITES as a gift to Aaron and to his sons from among the children of Israel, to do the service of the children of Israel in the tabernacle of the congregation, and to make an atonement for the children of Israel: that there be no plague among the children of Israel, when the children of Israel come nigh unto the sanctuary.

Numbers 18:6

6. And I, behold, I have taken your brethren the LEVITES from among the children of Israel: to you they are given as a gift for the LORD, to do the service of the tabernacle of the congregation.