Numbers 8:11

⁹And thou shalt bring the Levites before the tabernacle of witness; and thou shalt assemble all the congregation of the sons of Israel.

¹⁰And thou shalt bring the Levites before the Lord; and the sons of Israel shall lay their hands upon the Levites.

— Numbers 8:11 —

¹²And the Levites shall lay their hands on the heads of the calves; and thou shalt offer one for a sin offering, and the other for a whole burnt offering to the Lord, to make atonement for them.

¹³And thou shalt set the Levites before the Lord, and before Aaron, and before his sons; and thou shalt give them as a gift before the Lord.