Numbers 1:50-54

New International Version

⁵⁰ Instead, appoint the Levites to be in charge of the tabernacle^(A) of the covenant law^(B)—over all its furnishings^(C) and everything belonging to it. They are to carry the tabernacle and all its furnishings; they are to take care of it and encamp around it. ⁵¹ Whenever the tabernacle^(D) is to move,^(E) the Levites are to take it down, and whenever the tabernacle is to be set up, the Levites shall do it.^(F) Anyone else who approaches it is to be put to death.^{(G) 52} The Israelites are to set up their tents by divisions, each of them in their own camp under their standard.^{(H) 53} The Levites, however, are to set up their tents around the tabernacle^(I) of the covenant law so that my wrath will not fall^(J) on the Israelite community. The Levites are to be responsible for the care of the tabernacle of the covenant law.^(K)”

⁵⁴ The Israelites did all this just as the Lord commanded Moses.