⁹ Tie the sashes on Aaron and his sons and fasten headbands on them. The priesthood is to be theirs by a permanent statute. This is the way you will ordain Aaron and^[a] his sons.^(A)

⁷ But you and your sons will carry out your priestly responsibilities^(A) for everything concerning the altar and for what is inside the curtain, and you will do that work. I am giving you the work of the priesthood as a gift,^[a] but an unauthorized person who comes near the sanctuary will be put to death.”^(B)

¹³ It will be a covenant of perpetual priesthood for him and his future descendants,^(A) because he was zealous for his God and made atonement for the Israelites.”

⁶⁴ These searched for their entries in the genealogical records, but they could not be found, so they were disqualified from the priesthood.

²⁹ Remember them, my God, for defiling the priesthood as well as the covenant of the priesthood and the Levites.^(A)