⁵⁷ The tribe of Levi was also counted. These were the ·family groups [clans] of Levi: From Gershon came the Gershonite ·family group [clan]; from Kohath came the Kohathite ·family group [clan]; from Merari came the Merarite ·family group [clan]. ⁵⁸ These also were Levite ·family groups [clans]: the Libnite ·family group [clan], the Hebronite ·family group [clan], the Mahlite ·family group [clan], the Mushite ·family group [clan], and the Korahite ·family group [clan]. (Kohath was the ancestor of Amram, ⁵⁹ whose wife was named Jochebed. She was from the tribe of Levi and she was born in Egypt. She and Amram had two sons, Aaron and Moses, and their sister Miriam [Ex. 2:1–10]. ⁶⁰ Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar. ⁶¹ But Nadab and Abihu died because they made an offering before the Lord with ·the wrong kind of [^Lstrange; ^Cunauthorized by God] fire [Lev. 10:1–20].)

⁶² The total number of male Levites one month old or older was 23,000. But these men were not counted with the other ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel], because they were not given any ·of the land [^Linheritance] among the other ·Israelites [^Lsons/^Tchildren of Israel].