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61 (A) But Nadab and Abihu had died when they offered fire that was unacceptable to the Lord.[a]

62 In the tribe of Levi there were 23,000 men and boys at least a month old. They were not listed with the other tribes, because they would not receive any land in Canaan.

63 Moses and Eleazar counted the Israelites while they were camped in the hills of Moab across the Jordan River from Jericho.

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Footnotes

  1. 26.61 Nadab and Abihu … the Lord: See 3.1-4 and Leviticus 10.1,2.

61 But Nadab and Abihu(A) died when they made an offering before the Lord with unauthorized fire.)(B)

62 All the male Levites a month old or more numbered 23,000.(C) They were not counted(D) along with the other Israelites because they received no inheritance(E) among them.(F)

63 These are the ones counted(G) by Moses and Eleazar the priest when they counted the Israelites on the plains of Moab(H) by the Jordan across from Jericho.(I)

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