57 These were the Levites registered by their clans:

the Gershonite clan from Gershon;

the Kohathite clan from Kohath;

the Merarite clan from Merari.

58 These were the Levite family groups:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

and the Korahite clan.(A)

Kohath was the ancestor of Amram.(B) 59 The name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed, a descendant of Levi, born to Levi in Egypt. She bore to Amram: Aaron, Moses, and their sister Miriam. 60 Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar were born to Aaron,(C) 61 but Nadab and Abihu died when they presented unauthorized fire before the Lord.(D) 62 Those registered were 23,000, every male one month old or more; they were not registered among the other Israelites, because no inheritance was given to them among the Israelites.

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57 These are the ones counted of the Levites according to their clans: of Gershon, the clan of the Gershonites;[a] of Kohath, the clan of the Kohathites;[b] of Merari, the clan of the Merarites.[c] 58 These are the clans of Levi: the clan of the Libnites,[d] the clan of the Hebronites,[e] the clan of the Mahlites,[f] the clan of the Mushites,[g] the clan of the Korahites.[h] Kohath fathered Amram. 59 The name of the wife of Amram was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, whose mother bore her for Levi in Egypt; she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. 60 To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 But Nadab and Abihu died when they presented strange fire before[i] Yahweh. 62 The ones counted were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old[j] and above, because they were not counted in the midst of the Israelites[k] since no inheritance was given to them in the midst of the Israelites.[l]

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Footnotes

  1. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Gershonite”
  2. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Kohathite”
  3. Numbers 26:57 Hebrew “Merarite”
  4. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Libnite”
  5. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Hebronite”
  6. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mahlite”
  7. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Mushite”
  8. Numbers 26:58 Hebrew “Korahite”
  9. Numbers 26:61 Literally “in the presence of”
  10. Numbers 26:62 Literally “a son of one month”
  11. Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”
  12. Numbers 26:62 Literally “sons/children of Israel”