Numbers 3:5-13 & John 1:43-51 (New Living Translation)

NUMBERS 3:5-13
THE LEVITES ARE APPOINTED TO SERVE THE PRIESTS
5    Then the Lord said to Moses,
6    “Call forward the tribe of Levi, and present them to Aaron the priest to serve as his assistants.
7    They will serve Aaron and the whole community, performing their sacred duties in and around the Tabernacle.
8    They will also maintain all the furnishings of the sacred tent, serving in the Tabernacle on behalf of all the Israelites.
9    Assign the Levites to Aaron and his sons. They have been given from among all the people of Israel to serve as their assistants.
10  Appoint Aaron and his sons to carry out the duties of the priesthood. But any unauthorized person who goes too near the sanctuary must be put to death.”
11  And the Lord said to Moses,
12  “Look, I have chosen the Levites from among the Israelites to serve as substitutes for all the firstborn sons of the people of Israel. The Levites belong to me,
13  for all the firstborn males are mine. On the day I struck down all the firstborn sons of the Egyptians, I set apart for myself all the firstborn in Israel, both of people and of animals. They are mine; I am the Lord.”

JOHN 1:43-51
JESUS CALLS PHILLIP AND NATHANAEL
43  The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Come, follow me.”
44  Philip was from Bethsaida, Andrew and Peter’s hometown.
45  Philip went to look for Nathanael and told him, “We have found the very person Moses and the prophets wrote about! His name is Jesus, the son of Joseph from Nazareth.”
46  “Nazareth!” exclaimed Nathanael. “Can anything good come from Nazareth?”  “Come and see for yourself,” Philip replied.
47  As they approached, Jesus said, “Now here is a genuine son of Israel—a man of complete integrity.”
48  “How do you know about me?” Nathanael asked.  Jesus replied, “I could see you under the fig tree before Philip found you.”
49  Then Nathanael exclaimed, “Rabbi, you are the Son of God—the King of Israel!”
50  Jesus asked him, “Do you believe this just because I told you I had seen you under the fig tree? You will see greater things than this.”
51  Then he said, “I tell you the truth, you will all see heaven open and the angels of God going up and down on the Son of Man, the one who is the stairway between heaven and earth.^]”