54-56. Divide the land by drawing lots, and give a large share to a large tribe and a small one to a small tribe.”
57. The tribe of Levi consisted of the clans of Gershon, Kohath, and Merari.
58. Their descendants included the sub-clans of Libni, Hebron, Mahli, Mushi, and Korah. Kohath was the father of Amram,
59. who was married to Levi's daughter Jochebed, who was born in Egypt. She bore Amram two sons, Aaron and Moses, and a daughter, Miriam.
60. Aaron had four sons, Nadab, Abihu, Eleazar, and Ithamar.
61. Nadab and Abihu died when they offered unholy fire to the Lord.
62. The male Levites who were one month old or older numbered 23,000. They were listed separately from the rest of the Israelites, because they were not given any property in Israel.
63. All these clans were listed by Moses and Eleazar when they took a census of the Israelites in the plains of Moab across the River Jordan from Jericho.
64. There was not even one man left among those whom Moses and Aaron had listed in the first census in the Sinai Desert.