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57 (A)And these are those who were numbered of the Levites according to their families:

of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites;
of Kohath, the family of the Kohathites;
of Merari, the family of the Merarites.
58 These are the families of Levi:
the family of the Libnites,
the family of the Hebronites,
the family of the Mahlites,
the family of the Mushites,
the family of the Korahites. (B)Kohath [a]became the father of Amram.

59 And the name of Amram’s wife (C)was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and she bore to Amram: Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. 60 (D)And to Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 (E)But Nadab and Abihu died when they offered strange fire before Yahweh. 62 And those who were numbered of them were (F)23,000, every male from a month old and upward, for (G)they were not numbered among the sons of Israel (H)since no inheritance was given to them among the sons of Israel.

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  1. Numbers 26:58 Lit begot

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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