^39 (A)All who were numbered of the Levites, whom Moses and Aaron numbered at the commandment of the Lord, by their families, all the males from a month old and above, were twenty-two thousand.

^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 the Levites: the family of the Libnites, the family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites, and the family of the Korathites. And Kohath begot Amram. ⁵⁹ The name of Amram’s wife was ^(B)Jochebed the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi in Egypt; and to Amram she bore Aaron and Moses and their sister Miriam. ^60 (C)To Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. ⁶¹ And ^(D)Nadab and Abihu died when they offered profane fire before the Lord.

^62 (E)Now those who were numbered of them were twenty-three thousand, every male from a month old and above; ^(F)for they were not numbered among the other children of Israel, because there was ^(G)no inheritance given to them among the children of Israel.

³ Now the Levites were numbered from the age of ^(A)thirty years and above; and the number of individual males was thirty-eight thousand. ⁴ Of these, twenty-four thousand were to ^(B)look after the work of the house of the Lord, six thousand were ^(C)officers and judges, ⁵ four thousand were gatekeepers, and four thousand ^(D)praised the Lord with musical instruments, ^(E)“which I made,” said David, “for giving praise.”

⁶ Also ^(F)David separated them into ^[a]divisions among the sons of Levi: Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.

⁷ Of the ^(G)Gershonites: ^[b]Laadan and Shimei. ⁸ The sons of Laadan: the first Jehiel, then Zetham and Joel—three in all. ⁹ The sons of Shimei: Shelomith, Haziel, and Haran—three in all. These were the heads of the fathers’ houses of Laadan. ¹⁰ And the sons of Shimei: Jahath, ^[c]Zina, Jeush, and Beriah. These were the four sons of Shimei. ¹¹ Jahath was the first and Zizah the second. But Jeush and Beriah did not have many sons; therefore they were assigned as one father’s house.

^12 (H)The sons of Kohath: Amram, Izhar, Hebron, and Uzziel—four in all. ¹³ The sons of ^(I)Amram: Aaron and Moses; and ^(J)Aaron was set apart, he and his sons forever, that he should ^[d]sanctify the most holy things, ^(K)to burn incense before the Lord, ^(L)to minister to Him, and ^(M)to give the blessing in His name forever. ¹⁴ Now ^(N)the sons of Moses the man of God were reckoned to the tribe of Levi. ^15 (O)The sons of Moses were ^[e]Gershon and Eliezer. ¹⁶ Of the sons of Gershon, ^(P)Shebuel^[f] was the first. ¹⁷ Of the descendants of Eliezer, ^(Q)Rehabiah was the first. And Eliezer had no other sons, but the sons of Rehabiah were very many. ¹⁸ Of the sons of Izhar, ^(R)Shelomith was the first. ^19 (S)Of the sons of Hebron, Jeriah was the first, Amariah the second, Jahaziel the third, and Jekameam the fourth. ²⁰ Of the sons of Uzziel, Michah was the first and Jesshiah the second.

^21 (T)The sons of Merari were Mahli and Mushi. The sons of Mahli were Eleazar and ^(U)Kish. ²² And Eleazar died, and ^(V)had no sons, but only daughters; and their ^[g]brethren, the sons of Kish, ^(W)took them as wives. ^23 (X)The sons of Mushi were Mahli, Eder, and Jeremoth—three in all.