62. The total number of all the ⌊Levite⌋ males at least one month old was 23,000. They were not counted along with the other Israelites, because they were given no land of their own.
63. Moses and the priest Eleazar added up the total number of Israelites on the plains of Moab near the Jordan River across from Jericho.
64. Among them there wasn’t a single one of the Israelites Moses and the priest Aaron had counted in the Desert of Sinai.
65. The Lord had said, “They must all die in the desert.” The only ones left were Caleb (son of Jephunneh) and Joshua (son of Nun).