¹⁵ “List the sons of Levi, by fathers' houses and by clans; ^(A)every male from a month old and upward you shall list.”

⁶² And those listed were ^(A)23,000, every male from a month old and upward. For ^(B)they were not listed among the people of Israel, because ^(C)there was no inheritance given to them among the people of Israel.

¹⁵ and how ^(A)from childhood you have been acquainted with ^(B)the sacred writings, ^(C)which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus.

¹⁴ But when Jesus saw it, he was indignant and said to them, ^(A)“Let the children come to me; ^(B)do not hinder them, for to such belongs the kingdom of God.

² “Go and proclaim in the hearing of Jerusalem, Thus says the Lord,

^15 (A)Everything that opens the womb of all flesh, whether man or beast, which they offer to the Lord, shall be yours. Nevertheless, ^(B)the firstborn of man you shall redeem, and the firstborn of unclean animals you shall redeem. ¹⁶ And their redemption price ^(C)(at a month old you shall redeem them) you shall fix at five shekels^[a] in silver, according to the shekel of the sanctuary, ^(D)which is twenty gerahs.

⁴³ And all the firstborn males, according to the number of names, from a month old and upward as listed were 22,273.