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The sons of Levi who receive the priesthood
The author says this because not all of Levi's sons became priests. Alternate translation: "The descendants of Levi who became priests" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish)
from the people
"from the people of Israel"
from their brothers
Here "brothers" means they are all related to each other through Abraham. Alternate translation: "from their relatives"
they, too, have come from Abraham's body
This is a way of saying that they were descendants of Abraham. Alternate translation: "they, too, are descendants of Abraham" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)