Numbers 2:33

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³³The Levites, however, were not counted^(A) along with the other Israelites, as the Lord commanded Moses.

Numbers 2:33 in all English translations

Numbers 3:14-22

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¹⁴The Lord said to Moses in the Desert of Sinai,^(A) ¹⁵“Count^(B) the Levites by their families and clans. Count every male a month old or more.”^(C) ¹⁶So Moses counted them, as he was commanded by the word of the Lord.

¹⁷These were the names of the sons of Levi:^(D)

Gershon,^(E) Kohath^(F) and Merari.^(G)

¹⁸These were the names of the Gershonite clans:

Libni and Shimei.^(H)

¹⁹The Kohathite clans:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(I)

²⁰The Merarite clans:^(J)

Mahli and Mushi.^(K)

These were the Levite clans, according to their families.

²¹To Gershon^(L) belonged the clans of the Libnites and Shimeites;^(M) these were the Gershonite clans. ²²The number of all the males a month old or more who were counted was 7,500.

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Numbers 26:57-62

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⁵⁷These were the Levites^(A) who were counted by their clans:

through Gershon, the Gershonite clan;

through Kohath, the Kohathite clan;

through Merari, the Merarite clan.

⁵⁸These also were Levite clans:

the Libnite clan,

the Hebronite clan,

the Mahlite clan,

the Mushite clan,

the Korahite clan.

(Kohath was the forefather of Amram;^(B) ⁵⁹the name of Amram’s wife was Jochebed,^(C) a descendant of Levi, who was born to the Levites^[a] in Egypt. To Amram she bore Aaron, Moses^(D) and their sister^(E) Miriam.^(F) ⁶⁰Aaron was the father of Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar.^(G) ⁶¹But Nadab and Abihu^(H) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)^(I)

⁶²All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000.^(J) They were not counted^(K) along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance^(L) among them.^(M)

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Footnotes

Numbers 26:59 Or Jochebed, a daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi

1 Chronicles 6:1-47

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Levi

6 ^[a]The sons of Levi:^(A)

Gershon, Kohath and Merari.

²The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(B)

³The children of Amram:

Aaron, Moses and Miriam.^(C)

The sons of Aaron:

Nadab, Abihu,^(D) Eleazar^(E) and Ithamar.^(F)

⁴Eleazar was the father of Phinehas,^(G)

Phinehas the father of Abishua,

⁵Abishua the father of Bukki,

Bukki the father of Uzzi,

⁶Uzzi the father of Zerahiah,

Zerahiah the father of Meraioth,

⁷Meraioth the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

⁸Ahitub the father of Zadok,^(H)

Zadok the father of Ahimaaz,

⁹Ahimaaz the father of Azariah,

Azariah the father of Johanan,

¹⁰Johanan the father of Azariah^(I) (it was he who served as priest in the temple Solomon built in Jerusalem),

¹¹Azariah the father of Amariah,

Amariah the father of Ahitub,

¹²Ahitub the father of Zadok,

Zadok the father of Shallum,

¹³Shallum the father of Hilkiah,^(J)

Hilkiah the father of Azariah,

¹⁴Azariah the father of Seraiah,^(K)

and Seraiah the father of Jozadak.^[b]

¹⁵Jozadak^(L) was deported when the Lord sent Judah and Jerusalem into exile by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar.

¹⁶The sons of Levi:^(M)

Gershon,^[c] Kohath and Merari.^(N)

¹⁷These are the names of the sons of Gershon:

Libni and Shimei.^(O)

¹⁸The sons of Kohath:

Amram, Izhar, Hebron and Uzziel.^(P)

¹⁹The sons of Merari:^(Q)

Mahli and Mushi.^(R)

These are the clans of the Levites listed according to their fathers:

²⁰Of Gershon:

Libni his son, Jahath his son,

Zimmah his son, ²¹Joah his son,

Iddo his son, Zerah his son

and Jeatherai his son.

²²The descendants of Kohath:

Amminadab his son, Korah^(S) his son,

Assir his son, ²³Elkanah his son,

Ebiasaph his son, Assir his son,

²⁴Tahath his son, Uriel^(T) his son,

Uzziah his son and Shaul his son.

²⁵The descendants of Elkanah:

Amasai, Ahimoth,

²⁶Elkanah his son,^[d] Zophai his son,

Nahath his son, ²⁷Eliab his son,

Jeroham his son, Elkanah^(U) his son

and Samuel^(V) his son.^[e]

²⁸The sons of Samuel:

Joel^[f]^(W) the firstborn

and Abijah the second son.

²⁹The descendants of Merari:

Mahli, Libni his son,

Shimei his son, Uzzah his son,

³⁰Shimea his son, Haggiah his son

and Asaiah his son.

The Temple Musicians^(X)

³¹These are the men^(Y) David put in charge of the music^(Z) in the house of the Lord after the ark came to rest there. ³²They ministered with music before the tabernacle, the tent of meeting, until Solomon built the temple of the Lord in Jerusalem. They performed their duties according to the regulations laid down for them.

³³Here are the men who served, together with their sons:

From the Kohathites:

Heman,^(AA) the musician,

the son of Joel,^(AB) the son of Samuel,

³⁴the son of Elkanah,^(AC) the son of Jeroham,

the son of Eliel, the son of Toah,

³⁵the son of Zuph, the son of Elkanah,

the son of Mahath, the son of Amasai,

³⁶the son of Elkanah, the son of Joel,

the son of Azariah, the son of Zephaniah,

³⁷the son of Tahath, the son of Assir,

the son of Ebiasaph, the son of Korah,^(AD)

³⁸the son of Izhar,^(AE) the son of Kohath,

the son of Levi, the son of Israel;

³⁹and Heman’s associate Asaph,^(AF) who served at his right hand:

Asaph son of Berekiah, the son of Shimea,^(AG)

⁴⁰the son of Michael, the son of Baaseiah,^[g]

the son of Malkijah, ⁴¹the son of Ethni,

the son of Zerah, the son of Adaiah,

⁴²the son of Ethan, the son of Zimmah,

the son of Shimei, ⁴³the son of Jahath,

the son of Gershon, the son of Levi;

⁴⁴and from their associates, the Merarites,^(AH) at his left hand:

Ethan son of Kishi, the son of Abdi,

the son of Malluk, ⁴⁵the son of Hashabiah,

the son of Amaziah, the son of Hilkiah,

⁴⁶the son of Amzi, the son of Bani,

the son of Shemer, ⁴⁷the son of Mahli,

the son of Mushi, the son of Merari,

the son of Levi.

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Footnotes

1 Chronicles 6:1 In Hebrew texts 6:1-15 is numbered 5:27-41, and 6:16-81 is numbered 6:1-66.
1 Chronicles 6:14 Hebrew Jehozadak, a variant of Jozadak; also in verse 15
1 Chronicles 6:16 Hebrew Gershom, a variant of Gershon; also in verses 17, 20, 43, 62 and 71
1 Chronicles 6:26 Some Hebrew manuscripts, Septuagint and Syriac; most Hebrew manuscripts Ahimoth ²⁶and Elkanah. The sons of Elkanah:
1 Chronicles 6:27 Some Septuagint manuscripts (see also 1 Samuel 1:19,20 and 1 Chron. 6:33,34); Hebrew does not have and Samuel his son.
1 Chronicles 6:28 Some Septuagint manuscripts and Syriac (see also 1 Samuel 8:2 and 1 Chron. 6:33); Hebrew does not have Joel.
1 Chronicles 6:40 Most Hebrew manuscripts; some Hebrew manuscripts, one Septuagint manuscript and Syriac Maaseiah