Numbers 26
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Numbers 26:57-64

57The families descended from Levi were listed as the family of Gershon, the family of Kohath, and the family of Merari.

58These were the families of Levi: the Libnite family, the Hebronite family, the Mahlite family, the Mushite family, and the Korahite family. Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.

59The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, who was born in Egypt. She gave birth to Amram’s children: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam.

60Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.

61But Nadab and Abihu had died because they offered unauthorized fire in the Lord’s presence.

62The total number of all the ⌞Levite⌟ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.

63Moses and the priest Eleazar added up the total number of Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.

64Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai.

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