I am going to send a flood on the earth to destroy every living being. Everything on the earth will die,

"I am now making my covenant with you and with your descendants,

I will make the Egyptians so stubborn that they will go in after them, and I will gain honor by my victory over the king, his army, his chariots, and his drivers.

I have also selected Oholiab son of Ahisamach, from the tribe of Dan, to work with him. I have also given great ability to all the other skilled workers, so that they can make everything I have commanded to be made:

I am the one who spoke and called him; I led him out and gave him success.

The LORD says, "I am the one who strengthens you. Why should you fear mortals, who are no more enduring than grass?

"I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I myself will look for my sheep and take care of them

"So now, I, the Sovereign LORD, tell you that I will judge between you strong sheep and the weak sheep.

"The Levites are now to be mine. When I killed all the first-born of the Egyptians, I consecrated as my own the oldest son of each Israelite family and the first-born of every animal. Now, instead of having the first-born sons of Israel as my own, I have the Levites; they will belong to me. I am the LORD."

"Now dedicate the Levites as mine in place of all the first-born Israelite sons, and dedicate the livestock of the Levites in place of the first-born of the Israelites' livestock.

The only responsibility the Levites have is to serve Aaron and his sons.

I have claimed them in the place of all the first-born sons of the Israelites, and they belong to me alone.

I am now taking the Levites instead of all the first-born of the Israelites,