55-56. I will show you what land to give each tribe, and they will receive as much land as they need, according to the number of people in it.”
57. The tribe of Levi included the clans of the Gershonites, Kohathites, Merarites,
58. as well as the clans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. Kohath the Levite was the father of Amram,
59. the husband of Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born in Egypt. Amram and Jochebed's three children were Aaron, Moses, and Miriam.
60. Aaron was the father of Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61. But Nadab and Abihu had died when they offered fire that was unacceptable to the Lord.
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 River Jordan from Jericho.
64. None of the people that Moses and Aaron had counted in the Sinai Desert were still alive,
65. except Caleb son of Jephunneh and Joshua son of Nun. The Lord had said that everyone else would die there in the desert.