as a gift # 04_NUM_08_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. ## 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. 
as a gift # 04_NUM_18_06  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. ## 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.